Fabulous Lasagna Recipes

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.

FABULOUS FRUIT LASAGNA

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350˚F.
• 2. Lay 3 cooked lasagna (or chocolate) noodles in the bottom of 9-inch-square glass or metal baking pan you've coated with nonstick spray or buttered.
• 3. In a large bowl, combine the ricotta and mascarpone cheeses, white sugar, and egg, and beat until almost smooth.
• 4. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, chili powder, and melted butter. Mix well.
• 5. Gently fold the sliced strawberries into the raspberries, blackberries and blueberries, being careful not to crush the raspberries.
• 6. Top the first layer of lasagna noodles with one-third of the berry mixture followed by one-third of the flour-sugar-spice mixture and one third of the cheese-egg-sugar mixture. Repeat, adding two more layers of all three components.
• 7. Bake for 45 minutes in an oven or over indirect heat in covered barbecue grill, until the top is golden brown and the filling is bubbling. Remove, cool for 10-15 minutes, and then serve with fresh whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

FABULOUS LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Crumble sausage into large skillet; cook on medium-high heat until evenly browned, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, mix egg, ricotta, seasonings and 1 cup mozzarella until blended.
• Drain sausage. Spread 1/4 cup pasta sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with layers of 3 noodles, 1/4 each of the ricotta mixture and sausage, and a scant 1/2 cup pasta sauce. Repeat layers 3 times. Top with remaining cheeses; cover.
• Bake 1 hour or until heated through, uncovering for the last 15 min. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.