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Fabulous Lasagna Recipe

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How to make it

  • In a 4 quart pot, sauté the onion and garlic in olive oil over low heat till the onions are tender. Remove the veggies from the pot and set aside. Add the meat option to the pot and sauté over medium low heat till the meat is no longer pink. Drain off the fat and and allow the meat to cool then crumble the meat into small pieces with your hands. Stir in the tomato products, the sautéed veggies, the wine and all of the spices or the jar of spaghetti sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and slowly simmer uncovered for ~ 30 minutes. Don’t let the sauce get to be very thick otherwise the lasagna will be dry. Add more water if the sauce is too thick. Cover and set aside after the cooking is complete.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  • Boil the lasagna noodles according to package directions, typically ~ 12 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water and place on wax paper till ready to use. I spray the wax paper with olive oil before placing the cooked lasagna noodles on it.
  • Using a medium sized mixing bowl, stir together the egg, ricotta cheese or cottage cheese with 1/3 cup of the Parmesan cheese, then cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge till ready to use. I sometimes use ¾ cup of ricotta cheese and ¾ cup of cottage cheese in making this lasagna. Most people prefer cottage cheese over ricotta cheese.
  • Arrange 3 noodles at the bottom of a 2 quart rectangular glass baking dish and spread 1/2 of the cheese mixture over the noodles. Then spread 1/2 of the meat sauce mix over the noodles and 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese. Top that with the other 3 noodles, the remaining cheese mixture and sauce while reserving the remaining mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle the remaining 2/3 cup Parmesan cheese over the top, cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
  • After the initial bake time, remove the foil cover from the pan, add the remaining 1 cup of Mozzarella cheese and bake uncovered for 5 - 10 minutes more or till the cheese is melted and lightly browned. If the cheese doesn’t brown, you may need to move the oven rack to the highest position and broil on high for ~ 2 minutes. If the cheese doesn’t brown after 3 minutes, remove from oven anyway. Allow the lasagna to stand for 10 minutes before cutting into serving sized pieces.
  • While the lasagna is resting, make garlic bread - or - leave the oven rack at the middle position and bake a “take and bake” loaf of French bread according to package directions.

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