Spaghetti à La Lasagne Recipes

SPAGHETTI à LA LASAGNE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta. Heat the tomato sauce in a small saucepan. (Or do this at the last minute in a microwave for 1 minute.)
• Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until it is tender but still firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the olive oil, ricotta, and Parmesan in a small mixing bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• When the pasta is done, drain it and return it to the pot, off the heat. Add the spaghetti sauce and toss well.
• Ladle the pasta and sauce into deep bowls, and top each portion with a dollop of the ricotta mixture.

SPAGHETTI LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large pot of salted boiling water, add spaghetti and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain water then return the spaghetti to the pot. Add 1 egg and the Parmesan and toss to combine.
• Meanwhile, make sauce. In a large pot over medium, heat olive oil. Add onion and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the ground beef, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, and cook until the meat is no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Drain fat then return the pot to medium heat and stir in tomato paste. Cook for 1 minute, then add the crushed tomatoes and oregano. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a medium bowl, combine ricotta and remaining egg. Stir to combine.
• In a large baking dish, spoon a thin layer of sauce in the bottom of the dish. Top with half of the spaghetti noodles, cover with about half of the remaining sauce, half of the ricotta mixture and half of the mozzarella. Repeat once more. Bake until the cheese is melty and the lasagna is warmed through, about 20-30 minutes. Garnish with parsely.

SPAGHETTI LASAGNE

Steps:

• Brown and drain the ground beef.
• Add spaghetti sauce, basil, italian seasoning and crushed red pepper to ground beef.
• Heat the sauce and ground beef mixture on low-medium heat, stirring occasionally, until beginning to bubble.
• Boil 1 pound of spaghetti in water adding a tablspoon of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of salt, and 2 teaspoons of butter to water.
• Melt 1 1/2 sticks of butter (use real butter, not margarine) in a separate bowl or cup in the microwave.
• In a separate bowl, combine the container of cottage cheese, 3/4 cup of parmesan cheese, eggs, and melted butter, and stir until well combined.
• When pasta is boiled, drain and combine with the cottage cheese mixture in a large bowl, stirring and mixing the contents together well.
• In a greased 9" X 13" deep lasagne pan, add the combined mixture of pasta and cottage cheese from above, spread evenly in pan. Note: If using a shallow pan, you may wish to divide into 2 pans.
• Sprinkle 1 cup of of mild cheddar cheese over the pasta.
• Evenly spread the spaghetti sauce / ground beef mixture over top.
• Evenly spread 3 cups of mozzarella cheese over the top of the sauce mixture. You can increase or decrease the cheese amounts in the recipe to suit your taste.
• Sprinkle remaining parmesan cheese (or desired amount).
• Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake at 350 (preheated) oven for 30-45 minutes or until bubbly, remove foil for last 10-15 minutes of baking until cheese is beginning to brown on edges.
• Remove from oven and let stand for 15 minutes.
• Serve and enjoy. Leftovers can be wrapped up with saran wrap in individual serving sizes and frozen for later use.

EASY LASAGNA II

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat brown the ground beef. Drain the grease. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cottage cheese, 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese, eggs, half of the grated Parmesan cheese, dried parsley, salt and ground black pepper.
• To assemble, in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish evenly spread 3/4 cup of the sauce mixture. Cover with 3 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1 3/4 cup of the cheese mixture, and 1/4 cup sauce. Repeat layers once more: top with 3 noodles, remaining sauce, remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Add 1/2 cup water to the edges of the pan. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree F(175 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.