Meat sauce Lasagna. Meat Sauce: Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high. Brown ground beef with onion in large pot. Drain grease and return to pot.
Add the ground beef and brown, stirring frequently. Add the water, tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, sugar, basil, cayenne pepper, and bay leaf. In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. You can have Meat sauce Lasagna using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Meat sauce Lasagna
- Prepare 9 of lasagna noodles.
- It's 3/4 pound of shredded mozzarella cheese.
- It's 3/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
- You need of ///Tomato meat sauce///.
- It's 1 pound of Italian sausage.
- You need 1 pound of beef (or pork).
- You need 1 of medium onion, diced.
- It's 4 cloves of garlic,minced.
- It's of ☆1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes.
- Prepare of ☆7 tomatoes, diced.
- It's of ☆2 can (6 oz) tomato paste.
- You need of ☆1/2 cup water.
- Prepare of ●2 TBSP sugar.
- Prepare of ●3 TBSP fresh parsley.
- You need of ●2 tsp dried basil.
- Prepare of ●3/4 tsp fennel seed.
- Prepare of ●1 tsp Italian seasoning.
- It's of ●1 tsp salt.
- You need of ●1/4 tsp ground pepper.
- Prepare of ///Ricotta sauce///.
- Prepare 1 of large egg.
- You need 16 oz of ricotta cheese.
- It's 2 TBSP of fresh parsley.
- It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Lasagna is the ultimate Italian comfort food and it's the perfect make-ahead meal to enjoy on busy weekdays or even laid back weekends. Tender pasta noodles are layered with a delicious meat sauce, creamy ricotta, and mozzarella. Italian Sausage and Mushroom Lasagna with Bechamel Sauce.
Meat sauce Lasagna step by step
- In a large pan, medium heat, sauté sausage, ground beef(or Pork) and onion until meat is no longer pink, 8 - 10 minutes. Add garlic and sauce for 1 minute..
- Add all the ingredients of ☆ and season with the ingredients of ●. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low, uncovered for 30 minutes (to 1 hour) stirring occasionally..
- In a large pot, cook pasta in boiling salted water..
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a small bowl, mix egg, ricotta cheese,parsley, and salt..
- Spread 1/3 of the meat sauce into an ungreased 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Layer with 3 noodles, 1/2 of the ricotta cheese mixture, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, 2 TBSP parmesan cheese. For the second layer skip the ricotta mixture and instead just do it with mozzarella cheese and parmesan. Third layer do the same as 1st one..
- Spray foil with cooking spray (so it won't stick to top of lasagna) and cover.
- Bake, covered for 25 minutes, uncovered 25 minutes. Let it stand 15 minutes before serving..
The bechamel adds a little something special to this wonderful lasagna. I like to use part skim ricotta and mozzarella and low-fat milk to cut some of the fat in this dish. For the meat sauce, heat a Dutch oven or other sturdy saucepot over medium to medium-high. Add the EVOO, three turns of the pan. Add the onion, celery, carrot, and garlic; season with salt.