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Mile High Italian Lasagna Recipe


Mile High Italian Lasagna Recipe
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A housewife from Pittsburg, PA USA lived next to me once and helped me perfect this recipe. It's definitely for a big yield dinner party!

Carolyn_ell

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Ingredients
  • 1 Box Uncooked Lasagna Noodles (16 oz)
  • 1 lb Ground Hamburger - Lean
  • 1 - 32 oz Jar Prego (any style or add onions, green pepper, and ripe olives to plain sauce)
  • 1 - 16 oz Jar Prego (any style)
  • 1 - 16 oz Package Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  • 1 - 8 oz Jar Parmesean Sprinkle Cheese (or your preference)
  • 1 - 16 oz Tub Ricotta Cheese
  • 4 Raw Eggs
  • 1 - T Garlic Powder
  • 1 - T Parsley Flakes
  • 1 1/2 C Milk

Directions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350° F if you will be serving within 2 hours or so, else, you can refrigerate a cooled pan wrapped in plastic wrap, overnight to allow the dish to meld the spices.
  2. Use large roaster pan with high sides for this multi-layered lasagna.
  3. Boil Lasagna Noodles according to package to "al dente"
  4. Brown Ground Hamburger medium heat and stir to separate pieces to a fine crumble
  5. Heat 32 oz Jar of Prego (any style or add onions, green pepper, and ripe olives to plain sauce) in saucepan and add drained hamburger
  6. In a large bowl, blend with spoon, all cheeses with garlic powder and parsley flakes then add 1 egg at a time, whisking gently. Slowly add milk to thin out but keep a semi-thick consistency.
  7. 1st layer: 2 - 3 ladles of tomato meat sauce (meat gravy according to Italians!) to cover bottom of pan
  8. 2nd layer: 3 strips of noodles and cut a 4th one in half to cover end, if necessary
  9. 3rd layer: ladle tomato meat sauce to cover noodles
  10. 4th layer: spoon large dollips of cheese mixture in strategic areas (i.e. 2 spoonfuls at top - side by side, 3 spoonfuls a row down - side by side, 3 more spoonfuls a row down - side by side, 2 spoonfuls at bottom - side by side
  11. 5th layer: 3 strips of noodles and cut a 4th one in half to cover end, if necessary
  12. 6th layer: ladle tomato meat sauce to cover noodles
  13. 7th layer: spoon large dollips of cheese mixture in strategic areas (i.e. 2 spoonfuls at top - side by side, 3 spoonfuls a row down - side by side, 3 more spoonfuls a row down - side by side, 2 spoonfuls at bottom - side by side
  14. Repeat until all ingredients are gone and top with the 16 oz Jar of Prego
  15. Bake in oven for 1 hour and then let it rest for 20 minutes after taking it out of the oven. Cut into squares and serve with a metal spatula on a plate.
  16. A side salad, garlic rolls, sweet tea or lemonade and for dessert - Baked New York Cheesecake makes for a great dinner party!

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