Ingredients

How to make it

  • Dice onion, sweet pepper, and garlic. - separate
  • Brown beef with onion and sweet pepper
  • 1/2 way through browning, add the garlic
  • Once browned, remove from heat and set aside
  • Purée roma tomatoes in processor, then add it and tomato sauce and tomato paste into large pot.
  • Pulse meat mixture in processor until uniform size, then add to tomato mixture.
  • Add red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, chili powder, sugar, and oregano.
  • Heat to boil
  • Reduce to simmer
  • Chiffonade cut 6 fresh basil leaves and add to sauce.
  • Stir and simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally
  • Preheat oven to 375°
  • In a small bowl beat the egg
  • Add container of ricotta cheese to the beaten egg
  • Add a dash of basil and oregano to the mixture and stir well
  • Spray 9 x 13" baking dish with vegetable cooking spray
  • For bottom layer spread 1 cup of sauce evenly
  • Top with three sheets of an oven ready lasagna
  • Spread Liberal amount of ricotta mixture onto the lasagna sheets
  • Spread meat and sauce mixture over the ricotta mixture
  • Sprinkle both cheeses over meat mixture, lightly
  • Repeat for three more layers
  • For the final layer, use three sheets of lasagna been meat mixture then both cheeses
  • Cover and bake for 45 minutes
  • Remove foil and then bake for another 15 minutes

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  • jeef_boner 8 years ago
    Bookmarked because you're using Barilla pasta. Will dissect and test this recipe! It looks good.
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