Best Ever Lasagna Recipes

THE BEST EVER LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook onion in olive oil over medium heat until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Stir in tomato paste and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 3-4 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes, water, fresh basil, 2 teaspoons sugar and salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally., Meanwhile, cook bulk sausage in a skillet over medium heat until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles, 8-10 minutes; drain. Add to sauce; simmer until mixture is thickened, about 1 hour longer., While sauce simmers, preheat oven to 350°. Place sausage links on a rimmed baking sheet; roast until cooked through, 35-40 minutes. Remove and let cool slightly; slice into 1/4-in.-thick pieces., In a small bowl, mix ricotta cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, egg, dried basil and remaining sugar., In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, spread 2 cups sauce. Arrange 4 noodles over sauce; spread with a third of the ricotta mixture. Add 7 provolone slices, a third of the sliced sausage and 1-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers 2 more times, using only 1 cup sauce per layer. Spread with 2 cups sauce (reserve remaining sauce for serving on the side), remaining 2-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese and the Parmesan cheese (dish will be full)., Place dish on a rimmed baking sheet and bake, uncovered, until bubbly and deep golden brown, 60-65 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. Serve with remaining meat sauce.

WORLD'S BEST LASAGNA

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.

BEST ITALIAN LASAGNA EVER!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Boil noodles and drain (you may also use uncooked noodles).
• Sauté garlic, sugar and salt.
• Add sausage and ground beef and brown, breaking into small crumbles.
• Add basil, pepper, tomatoes and paste; simmer 20-30 minutes until sauce thickens.
• Mix together in bowl, ricotta, egg and parsley (add milk if it's too thick).
• Layer sauce to cover bottom of pan, noodles 1/2 of ricotta mixture, 1/4 c of parmesan, noodles, ricotta, mozzarella, sauce and parmesan.
• Bake covered for 25 minutes.
• Uncover and bake another 25 minutes.
• Let cool about 10-15 minutes then cut and serve.
• Leftovers may be frozen and then heated in the oven until hot and melty.
• Goes great with crusty garlic toast and a salad.

BEST LASAGNA

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook sausage, beef and onion over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink, breaking up meat into crumbles. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Drain., Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, 3 tablespoons parsley, basil, fennel, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes, stirring occasionally., In a small bowl, mix egg, ricotta cheese and remaining parsley and salt., Preheat oven to 375°. Spread 2 cups meat sauce into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with 3 noodles and a third of the ricotta mixture. Sprinkle with 1 cup mozzarella cheese and 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining meat sauce and cheeses (dish will be full)., Bake, covered, 25 minutes. Bake, uncovered, 25 minutes longer or until bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

ABSOLUTE BEST EVER LASAGNA

Steps:

• Brown ground meat, onion and garlic.
• Add salt, pepper, parsley, oregano, basil, chopped tomatoes with juice, tomato paste; stirring until well mixed.
• Cover and simmer 1 hour (or longer,but watch for getting too dry).
• Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions; drain and set aside.
• Spray a 13 x 9" baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine riccota cheese, eggs, pepper, 2 tablespoons parsley, Parmesan cheese and 1/2 1lb of mozzarella cheese; In a lasagna pan, layer noodles, meat sauce, and cheese mixture; repeat.
• Top off with layer of noodles; sprinkle evenly with remaining mozzarella cheese; make sure to cover noodles completely.
• Bake at 375F for 40-60 minutes, or until cheese mixture is thoroughly melted. (I cover w/ foil for about 40 minutes, then uncover for 15-20 minutes.
• Let sit for 15-20 minutes before cutting and serving.

BEST EVER LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Brown meat in skillet with onion, and garlic, cooking slowly.
• Add tomatoes, tomato paste, olives, seasonings, sugar, and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes In separate bowl beat eggs, and blend in cottage cheese.
• In a greased 2 qt casserole layer 1/2 of the meat sauce, 3-4 noodles, 1/2 cottage cheese, 1/2 mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat layers and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes.

BEST-EVER LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large skillet, brown beef and sausage together over medium heat until crumbly and no longer pink. Drain well.
• To meat, add tomato sauce, tomato paste, garlic, sugar, Italian seasoning, capers, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat; simmer uncovered for one hour, stirring occasionally.
• In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs. Add parsley. Fold in cottage cheese, ricotta cheese and Parmesan cheese. Refrigerate until sauce is done.
• Spray the bottom of a 9"x13" pan with non-stick spray. Spread about 1 cup of the sauce in the bottom of the pan.
• Place 1/3 of the noodles on top of the meat sauce, overlapping as needed to cover all the sauce.
• On top of the noodles, layer the provolone cheese slices, 1/2 of the cottage cheese mixture and about 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
• Place another 1/3 of the noodles on top.
• Layer approximately 2 cups meat sauce, the remaining cottage cheese mixture and 1-2 cups mozzarella cheese.
• Top with remaining noodles, meat sauce and mozzarella.
• If desired, garnish with black olives and green onions scattered on top.
• Cover and bake for 50 minutes.
• Uncover, bake 10-20 minutes longer, just until the cheese reaches a golden doneness.
• Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.
• Leftovers freeze well.

BEST EVER EASY LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Mix, ricotta, 1 cup parmesan, egg, salt, pepper, and basil until well blended and creamy.
• Layer sauce on bottom of lasagna pan, 3 noodles, thin layer of ricotta mix (approx. 3 tablespoons per noodle), mozzarella, and sauce.
• Repeat layers till last 3 noodles.
• Top last noodles with remaining sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan.
• For fresh noodles, cook 25 minutes, remove foil and cook 15 more, cool for 10.
• For no boil noodles, cook for about 1 hour, remove foil, cook till browned (5-10 minutes) cool for 10.

GORDO'S BEST OF THE BEST LASAGNA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water.
• Cook and stir sausage, beef, onion, and garlic in a large, deep skillet over medium heat until browned. Stir tomato basil sauce, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, 3/4 cup parsley, Italian seasoning, sugar, sea salt, and pepper into sausage mixture. Bring to a simmer; reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until flavors blend, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Stir ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, Cheddar cheese, eggs, and remaining 1/4 cup parsley together in a large bowl until smooth.
• Spread 1 cup tomato sauce in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Cover sauce with a layer of lasagna noodles and spread the ricotta mixture over the noodles. Spread a layer of tomato sauce over the ricotta and a layer of noodles over the tomato sauce. Repeat the layering procedure 1 more time. Spread remaining sauce over the final layer of noodles and top with mozzarella cheese. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake lasagna in the preheated oven until hot throughout and bubbling, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove the aluminum foil and bake until cheese is golden, about 10 minutes more. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

BEST EVER LASAGNA

Steps:

• Mix up cheeses reserving about 4 cups to top lasagna.
• Add eggs and Italian seasoning.
• I do this with in two batches.
• Now you are ready to assemble lasagna.
• Pour small amount of sauce in bottom of pan - just enough to cover.
• Layer noodles over sauce.
• Spoon cheese mixture as evenly as you can over noodles and smooth with spoon.
• Layer noodles over cheese - then pour on sauce to cover.
• Repeat with noodles, cheese, noodles, sauce again and then top with cheese.
• Then: I cover loosely with foil to prevent cheese from over browning.
• Bake in 350°F oven until bubbly, removing foil for last 20 minutes or so.
• Or prepare for freezing by cooling, covering with saran wrap then freezer lid.
• Place in freezer.
• Cook the same. Expect the frozen lasagnas to take about 1 1/2 hours to cook if in a small pan.
• ***I always cook my noodles, I prefer the texture of precooked noodles and though it is not necessary I think that uncooked noodles have a slimy texture in the lasagna.
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• You can cook less at a time.
• For one 8X13 in lasagna I'd start with about 1 lbs of mozzarella, ½ pound of Parmesan, and one container (1 lb) of ricotta cheese and 1 egg with 1 T of seasoning.
• You'll probably need about 9 -12 noodles and about 7 - 8 cups of sauce.
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THE BEST LASAGNA EVER (COURTESY OF PIONEER WOMAN)

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet or saucepan, combine ground beef, sausage, and garlic.
• Cook over medium-high heat until browned.
• Drain half the fat; less if you're feeling naughty.
• Add tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 tablespoons parsley, basil and salt.
• Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix cottage cheese, beaten eggs, grated Parmesan, 2 more tablespoons parsley, and 1 more teaspoon salt.
• Stir together well, set aside.
• Cook lasagna until "al dente" (not overly cooked).
• To assemble:.
• Arrange 4 cooked lasagna noodles in the bottom of a baking pan, overlapping if necessary.
• Spoon half the cottage cheese mixture over the noodles, spread evenly.
• Cover cottage cheese with a layer of mozzarella cheese.
• Spoon a little less than half the meat mixture over the top.
• Repeat, ending with meat mixture.
• Sprinkle top generously with extra Parmesan.
• Either freeze, refrigerate for up to two days, or bake immediately:
• 350-degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes, or until top is hot and bubbly.