Just Plain Old Lasagna
From krumkake 16 years ago
- 65 minutes to make
- Serves 12
One of my youngest daughter’s favorites, this recipe will yield enough to give you plenty of leftovers if you’re just preparing it for a couple people Use whatever spaghetti sauce you prefer – homemade or jarred – and pump the layers full of meat sauce and ricotta cheese filling. Read more I get 8 “hungry person” servings, or 12 gentler portions – serve it with a nice side salad and plenty of bread sticks or garlic bread. You can assemble lasagna the day before and just pop it in the oven when you’re ready to finish baking it. It’s really such an easy make-ahead meal, I don’t know why I don’t make it more often! See less
Ingredients
- 12 to 16 lasagna noodles, cooked as directed shopping list
- 2 jars (26 ounces each) prepared spaghetti sauce of choice shopping list
- 2 pounds mild Italian sausage, cooked (I prefer to use 1 pound Italian sausage and 1 pound ground chuck, but use whatever meat mixture you like) shopping list
- 1 onion, diced shopping list
- 1 tablespoon sugar (if using prepared spaghetti sauce) shopping list
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder (if using prepared spaghetti sauce) shopping list
- Ricotta filling: shopping list
- 2 pounds ricotta cheese shopping list
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese shopping list
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese shopping list
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten shopping list
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning shopping list
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder shopping list
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt shopping list
- a few shakes black or white pepper shopping list
- Topping: shopping list
- 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese shopping list
- 1 cup shaved parmesan cheese shopping list
- NOTE: Pie link is my grandmother's banana cream pie at shopping list
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How to make it
- Prepare lasagna noodles as directed on package and lay out in a single layer on waxed paper so noodles won’t stick together as they cool.
- Cook meat and onion in large pan until almost done – I like to slightly undercook the meat so it doesn’t dry out so much during the baking time.
- Reserve 2 cups spaghetti sauce and set aside; pour remaining sauce into the cooked meat/onion mixture and stir to blend. If I’m using a prepared spaghetti sauce rather than homemade, I like to add the additional seasonings of sugar and garlic powder, but this is optional – you do not have to add them, or add your own seasoning blend to personalize your sauce to your tastes.
- Prepare the ricotta filling by lightly beating the eggs, then add all other ingredients and stir to blend well.
- In the bottom of a lasagna pan (or a 9x13 pan), spread 1 cup of the reserved spaghetti sauce.
- Top sauce with a layer of cooked lasagna noodles.
- Spread ½ of ricotta cheese filling over noodles.
- Top with ½ of the meat sauce.
- Repeat layers: noodles, remaining ricotta filling, remaining meat sauce.
- End with a final layer of noodles spread with the remaining 1 cup of reserved spaghetti sauce.
- Cover with mozzarella cheese, then shaved parmesan cheese.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 60 to 75 minutes, until gently browned on top and bubbly.around the edges.
Ricotta Filling
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Begin layers of plain sauce and noodles
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Ricotta layer next
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Meat layer next
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Repeat layers and end with plain sauce and the grated cheeses
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Hot from the oven
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The Rating
Reviewed by 10 people-
Im looking for new dinner ideas..feel tired of making the same old stuff...I had to search your recipes again and saw this one I somehow missed..Im grocery shopping thurs. so I can get all the ingred. and make this asap!
michellem
in Idaho loved it
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WOW Just give me a shovel to eat this with and what is the rest of the family going to eat cuz this is sooooooooooooooooo mine and I'm not sharing. :)
coffeebean53
in Charlotte loved it
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Krum, Just plain old lasagna. Looks plain old wonderful to me.555555
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in Canfield loved it
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