Lydia's Lasagna I Made It

Lydia's Lasagna

otterpond 11 years ago
Lydias Lasagna

I made Lydia's Lasagna for Father's Day dinner. The recipe makes 16 portions. Some say making lasagna is time consuming and expensive. I refute both claims as Lydia's Lasagna came in at about $12 of ingredients making each portion cost about $.75. We had been going to pick up a pan of lasagna from Macaroni Grill but after reading Lydia's recipe I said why bother this is too easy.

I did save some time by using a 45oz jar of Prego Traditional pasta sauce but I did not forgo the use of red wine. Taking Lydia's advice I made sure to sample that wine while I was cooking and can vouch for its potability.

The Muellers lasagna noodle box gave a great tip that I wanted to share. Mueller's recommends that you lightly spray the tin foil before covering the lasagna pan. Spray side down so that the cheese on top doesn't stick. Its a simple thing, but being simple myself I hadn't thought of it before. It worked perfectly.

Another tip I would share is laying out a cloth towel and using a bit of patience to stretch out the noodles to finish draining. Having the noodles all perfectly presented makes it less likely that you will tear them (not that that is the end of the world). I like staging things in general. I had the ricotta egg mixture well folded with the Italian spices and setting in the refridgerator to cool while I browned the sausage and ground beef. Small patient steps but it makes each ingredient special.

The lasagna came out really well. There was no soupy sloppiness which our family calls "Danish Lasagna" and that made me especially happy. Thank you Lydia.
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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

This sounds like a nice recipe and something worth trying. But I am concerned about the heat level. Both hot Italian sausage and 2 tsp of crushed red peppers seem a little intense for a supple heat shy mouth. Could I beg off one of the teaspoons of pepper and still have a good dish?

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otterpond 11 years ago said:

Didn't find it spicey at all using the Winn Dixie Hot Italian sausage but they do have a mild variety. I can tell you my 88 year old Father in Law ate it up and took some home. He is very adverse to any spicey hot food. But since I used the hot sausage I admit I did leave out the crushed red peppers just because of Dad.

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

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keni 11 years ago said:

so, you're saying if I try it, I need to UP the pepper flakes? ;-)

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otterpond 11 years ago said:

Yes Keni because we all know you are one hot mama... cha cha cha

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pointsevenout 11 years ago said:

Your link from the recipe links back to the recipe instead of this IMI link.

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otterpond 11 years ago said:

Fixed thanks P70

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frankieanne 11 years ago said:

That is a wonderful looking lasagna. I like the idea of spraying the foil, using Prego and omitting the red pepper flakes. :) Thanks for posting this here!

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