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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 31 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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This is my daughter's favorite recipe. It was on back of an American Beauty Lasagna noodle box over ten years ago, and I've been using it ever since I found it. Ingredients:
9 lasagna noodles |
1 lb italian sausage |
1/2 lb ground beef |
1 cup onion, chopped |
2 garlic cloves, minced |
2 teaspoons sugar |
1 tablespoon salt |
1 1/2 teaspoons basil leaves |
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed |
1/4 teaspoon pepper |
1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, broken up |
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste |
1 egg, beaten |
1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese |
1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1 cup ripe olives, sliced |
1 lb mozzarella cheese, grated |
3/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated |
Directions:
1. Prepare lasagna noodles according to package directions. 2. Drain. 3. Cook Italian sausage and ground beef; drain excess fat. 4. Add onion and garlic. 5. Stir and cook 5 minutes. 6. Add next 7 ingredients and simmer 20 minutes. 7. Combine egg, ricotta, parsley and salt in small bowl. 8. In bottom of a 9x13-inch pan, spoon about 1 1/2 cups meat sauce. 9. Layer 1/3 of the lasagna, 1/3 the meat sauce, 1/3 the ricotta, 1/3 the sliced olives, 1/3 the Mozzarella and 1/3 the Parmesan. 10. Repeat layering. 11. Cover with foil. 12. Bake in a 375° oven for 25 minutes. 13. Remove foil and bake uncovered 25 minutes longer. 14. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting. |
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