Twilight Grandma’s Lasagna Recipe
Delicious Homely Lasagna!
Course
Main Dish
Servings
Prep Time
12
servings
30
minutes
Cook Time
2 1/2
hours
Servings
Prep Time
12
servings
30
minutes
Cook Time
2 1/2
hours
Ingredients
1
pound
Italian sausage
3/4
pound
lean ground beef
1/2
cup
minced onions
2
cloves
crushed garlic
1
can
crushed tomatoes
2
cans
tomato paste
2
cans
canned tomato sauce
1/2
cup
Water
2
tbsp
white sugar
1 1/2
tsp
dried basil leaves
1/2
tsp
fennel seeds
1
tsp
Italian seasoning
1
tbsp
Salt
1/4
tsp
ground black pepper
4
tbsp
chopped fresh parsley
12
lasagna noodles
16
ounces
ricotta cheese
1
egg
1/2
tsp
Salt
3/4
pound
mozzarella cheese
3/4
cup
grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
Cook sausages, ground beef, onion, and garlic in a large pot or Dutch oven on medium heat.
Once they are brown in colour, add crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, water and stir.
To this mixture add sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning salt, pepper and half of the fresh parsley.
Cover the pot and let it simmer for about 1 1/2 hours and stir occasionally.
Boil salted water and cook the lasagna noodles for 8 to 10 minutes.
Drain and rinse the noodles in cold water.
Mix ricotta, egg, salt and the leftover parsley in another bowl.
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
In a baking dish, ladle about 1 1/2 cups of the meat sauce.
Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over the sauce.
Spread half of the ricotta cheese mix on top of the noodles.
Add one third of the mozzarella cheese slices and ladle another 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce on top.
Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the parmesan cheese and repeat the layers.
Top the second layer with leftover mozzarella and parmesan.
Spray the covering foil with cooking oil on the inward side and cover the baking dish.
Bake the lasagna for 25 minutes and then bake for another 25 minutes without the foil.
Cool the lasagna at least 15 minutes before serving.