Two Lasagnas Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, ricotta cheese, 4-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, parsley, salt and pepper., Drain noodles. Spread 1 cup meat sauce in each of 2 greased 13x9-in. baking dishes. Layer each with 3 noodles, 1 cup ricotta mixture and 1-1/2 cups meat sauce. Repeat layers twice. Top with Parmesan cheese and remaining mozzarella cheese. , Cover and freeze 1 lasagna for up to 3 months. Cover and bake remaining lasagna at 375° for 45 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until bubbly. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting., To use frozen lasagna: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 375° for 60-70 minutes or until heated through. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until bubbly. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

Steps:

• Soak 12 pieces of pasta from package in shallow pan for 5 to 10 minutes. Pour off water. Meanwhile, brown the sweet italian sausage in a large no-stick skillet over moderate heat, breaking it up with a spoon as it cooks (meat should be cooked). Move sausage to one side of skillet, tip skillet and soak up any fat with a paper towel, Stir spaghetti sauce and tomato sauce into sausage. Beat egg in a medium-size bowl. Sitr in ricotta, basil and oregano. Spreead 3/4 cup meat sauce in 13 by 9-inch baking dish. Place 3 pieces uncooked pasta over sauce..not touching sides of dish, not overlapping each other. Spread 2/3 cup ricotta mixture evenly over pasta. Spread 3/4 cup meat sauce evenly over ricotta, covering pasta completely. Sprinkle with 1 cup mozzarella. See baking directions below.
• Tex- Mex Style
• Soak 12 pieces of pasta from package in a shallow pan for 5 to 10 minutes. Pour off water.
• Meanwhile, brown the beef in the skillet over moderate heat, breaking it up with a spoon as it cooks (Meat should be cooked). Move meat to one side of skillet, tip skillet and soak up any fat that drains out with a paper towel. Stir enchilada sauce, salsa and corn into skillet. Spread 3/4 cup (check) in 13 by 9- inch baking dish. Place 3 pieces uncooked pasta over sauce.....not touching sides of dish nor overlapping each other. Repeat the layering with cheese and sauce two more times. Top with remaining 3 pasta pieces. Spread remaining meat suace completely over pasta. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Cover dish with foil. Heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake 30 minutes. Remove foil. Bake 10 to 15 minutes longer until hot and bubbly. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting. Makes 10 to 12 servings of lasagne. To store and bake later: prepare recipe as directed. Do not bake. Cover with plastic wrap, then foil. Refrigerate up to 48 hours, or freeze up to 2 months. Remove plastic wrap; replace foil. Bake refrigerated lasagne at 350 degrees Farhenheit about 40 minutes and frozen lasagne about 1 hour 30 minutes, removing foil during last 10 minutes of baking