WORLD'S BEST LASAGNA
It takes a little work, but it is worth it.
Provided by John Chandler
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 3h15m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- To assemble, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a third of mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
- Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 448.2 calories, Carbohydrate 36.5 g, Cholesterol 81.8 mg, Fat 21.3 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 29.7 g, SaturatedFat 9.9 g, Sodium 1400.4 mg, Sugar 8.6 g
LAZY MAN'S LASAGNA
Steps:
- To assemble:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cover the bottom of a deep baking dish with a layer of Bolognese sauce. Lay out the uncooked pasta sheets over the sauce until they cover the baking dish entirely. Cover the pasta with another generous layer of Bolognese sauce. The liquid from the sauce will cook the dried pasta so be sure to add enough sauce. Drizzle the bechamel sauce and sprinkle the mozzarella on top, until both are distributed evenly. Add another layer of dried pasta, laying the sheets in the opposite direction. Repeat the process of adding sauces, mozzarella, and pasta for another 2 to 3 layers or until two-thirds of the baking dish's depth is filled. Top off the last layer of sauces and mozzarella with a generous sprinkle of the Parmigiano cheese.
- Place the pan in oven for approximately 40 minutes and let rest for 20 minutes before serving.
- In a hot saucepan, melt the unsalted butter with the olive oil, and add the carrots, onion, celery, and chili pepper. Cook the ingredients over medium heat, until they are soft. Add a sprig of rosemary. Add the ground beef and pork, and cook until golden brown. Remove the rosemary sprig, and add the white wine. Let reduce. Add the tomato sauce or La Salsa di 5 Minuti, and let simmer on low heat for 1 hour. Before serving, add basil leaves and salt to season. Serve immediately.
- Salsa di 5 Minuti:
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan and add onion, garlic, and chili peppers. Gently fry ingredients together. Add pureed plum tomatoes to saucepan. Simmer on low to medium heat for 10 minutes.
- Season with salt to taste. Add basil leaves at the very end.
- Bechamel:
- In a saucepan, heat up the milk, and bring to a gentle simmer. In another saucepan, melt the butter and immediately add the flour.
- Lower the heat, and mix until the butter has absorbed all the flour and is the consistency of thick dough. Make sure the butter-flour mixture does not burn or brown.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat, and whisk in a couple of ladles of heated milk into the butter-flour mixture. Whisk until the flour has absorbed all of the milk. Put the saucepan back on the burner over medium heat, and whisk in the remainder of the milk.
- Continue whisking until the sauce thickens and becomes a creamy velvety consistency.
POOR MAN'S LASAGNA
This is how I always fix my lasagna- I don't like messing with the real noodles :-) It's really healthier than you'd expect such a fulfilling meal to be. You can use ground turkey instead of beef. I have also made it with squash and mushrooms instead of meat- which was a nice change. It goes great with a big chunk of freshly toasted garlic bread... Edit: After some of the reviews I thought I'd mention that the pasta sauce I use isn't plain tomato sauce, but a flavored sauce that you'd eat over spaghetti (like chunky garlic mushroom flavor.)
Provided by Random Rachel
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 45m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Brown meat in a skillet. Drain fat from meat (I usually rinse it under warm water.).
- Meanwhile, boil noodles according to package directions (its OK if they're a little underdone.).
- Meanwhile mix the egg and cottage cheese in a bowl, and set aside.
- Spray a 9x13 pyrex. Coat the bottom with a very thin layer of pasta sauce. Layer about half of the noodles on top of the sauce. Layer the meat on top of that, followed by another thin layer of sauce. Layer the cottage cheese mixture on top of that, followed by the remaining noodles. Add the remaining sauce on top of the noodles (I prefer it thin on top, so that the noodles get crispy-chewy.) Sprinkle all of the cheese on top of the lasagna.
- Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes depending on how crunchy you like your noodles.
- I have found that half of a container of cottage cheese is perfect, so I usually go ahead and mix the remaining half with an egg, and freeze it. It defrosts quite easily in the fridge next time.
- I also usually buy the meat on sale in bulk, and freeze it in pre-cooked portions. If you do that, you can easily put this meal together quickly. It's also easy to make 2 lasagnas at once, and freeze one for later. You can reheat it in the microwave, or in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes, covered.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 503.6, Fat 16.3, SaturatedFat 7.6, Cholesterol 81.8, Sodium 743.1, Carbohydrate 57.8, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 9.2, Protein 29.4
LAZY MAN'S (OR LAZY MOM'S LASAGNA)
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Brown the beef with the optional onion, optional garlic, herbs, and salt and pepper in a large, ovenproof skillet (I use one that's made of castiron). When the meat is thoroughly cooked -- it will take 8 to 10 minutes -- drain off any fat and take everything out of the pan. Now put the still-frozen ravioli into the pan, breaking them up if they are clumped. Spread the ground beef mixture evenly over the ravioli, and ladle the spaghetti sauce evenly over the ground beef mixture. Over medium heat, without stirring, cook until the ravioli is heated through and beginning to brown on the bottom -- about 10 minutes.
- Take the skillet off the heat, lay the provolone slices over the ground beef mixture, and sprinkle the whole thing with the Parmesan. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted. Serve hot.
10-LAYER POOR MAN'S LASAGNA CASSEROLE
I had to come up with a kid/adult friendly recipe to please everybody while my step-daughter was visiting. So this is what I did. We ALL LOVED this! It ended up making a lot, though, so you might want to make a half a recipe. I'll be taking this to the next potluck or family gathering that comes up! It was so good! It came out WAY better than I thought it would. I was quite surprised and happy! Hope you try it!
Provided by Wildflour
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h20m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Brown hamburger in frying pan with salt and pepper, oregano, Italian seasonings, onions and garlic until done.
- Drain grease.
- Stir in (drained) mushrooms and spaghetti sauce.
- Simmer on very low.
- Meanwhile, in small bowl, heat cream cheese in microwave until very soft. Stir in the sour cream and beef bouillon well. Set aside.
- Cook macaroni until just done or "al dente". Drain well.
- In greased 4 quart roaster or crock pot, place (layer) 1/3 noodles, then 1/3 cream sauce, then 1/3 meat sauce, repeat 2 more times until ingredients are used up.
- Top with shredded Mexican blend cheese.
- Bake in 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for about 35 to 40 minutes until heated through and lightly bubbling.
- Let rest 5 or 10 minutes before serving.
- About 10-12 servings.
- Serve with garlic bread and a tossed salad.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 541.3, Fat 33.5, SaturatedFat 18, Cholesterol 123.3, Sodium 527, Carbohydrate 32.4, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 5.2, Protein 27.2
MAN FRIENDLY LASAGNA
This Lasagna is nearly fat free. It is also cholesterol free, and by using whole wheat noodles it is extremely healthy and satisfying. Everyone absolutely loves it. I don't tell them it is a vegan lasagna until they are headed for their 3rd helping. To see photos and get more of my vegan recipes see my blog at http://worldwidevegan.blogspot.com TVP is textured vegetable protein. It is highly nutritious, has twice the protein of beef, and it has no fat or cholesterol. It absorbs the flavors of the other ingredients in the recipe while offering the texture and appeal of ground meat. Packaged TVP granules are available in health food stores, grocery stores and online. Tofu comes in many varieties but for this recipe use firm, water packed tofu.
Provided by Wildjoy
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h30m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Sauté the mushrooms, onions, celery and garlic over medium heat in 2 tbs. water until tender. Remove from heat. Add the spaghetti sauce, Italian seasoning, seasoning salt and TVP granules - set aside.
- Place the tofu and spinach in a food processor and blend briefly. Add remaining filling ingredients and process until smooth.
- Pour half of the spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a 11x13-inch, prepared pan. Place a layer of uncooked noodles over the sauce.
- Spread half of the tofu mixture on top of the noodles. Drop by spoonfulls and then spread it evenly. Sprinkle 1/2 of the soy cheese blend on top of tofu mixture.
- Cover with another layer of noodles. Spread the remaining tofu mixture over the noodles as before. Sprinkle remaining soy cheese on top of tofu mixture. Top with a final layer of noodles.
- Pour on the remaining tomato sauce and spread evenly. If desired sprinkle sliced olives on top. Cover the dish with aluminum foil, and bake for 30 minutes. Then, remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes. The noodles will bubble up making the top look uneven when done. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before cutting.
- This dish freezes very well.
- TVP can be found in most grocery stores where the "Bob's Red Mill" organic foods are sold; or you can purchase it online.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 251.3, Fat 5.4, SaturatedFat 0.9, Sodium 654.6, Carbohydrate 41.9, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 12.4, Protein 12.3
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