Outstanding Northern Italian Lasagna Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degree's. Have your meat sauce made ,or make mine as follows. Cook the sausage, chicken, and onion separately, In a sauce pan mix wine,tomato paste,water together to combine. Add the rest of the ingredients. Add in the chicken and sausage. bring to a boil,and reduce to simmer for one hour uncovered.
• 2. Mix the Parmesan cheese,parsley,and Mozzarella together and set aside,
• 3. Make the white sauce. Melt butter in saucepan on stove on low. Add the flour and mix well. Add the milk and half and half and nutmeg. Stir constantly while cooking until sauce becomes thick like a heavy cream. Remove from heat.
• 4. In a 13x9 inch pan spread 1 cup of meat sauce on the bottom.
• 5. Top with as many Lasagna noodle that will fit. Usually 3-4 will do.. Spread half the White sauce over noodles. Put half the Mozzarella mixture on top of white sauce. Next layer Lasagna noodles, meat sauce, Mozzarella mixture. Next Lasagna, Meat sauce,White sauce,and top with Mozzarella mixture. mixture. Bake at 350 degree's for 45 minutes,or until done.

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:

• Heat oven to 350 degree's.
• make sauce as follows.
• 1 Cook the sausage, chicken, and onion separately, I poach the chicken first until no pink shows.
• In a sauce pan mix wine, tomato paste, Petite Tomatoes,water together to combine. Add the garlic,Basil,pepper,Italian Seasoning ,carrots,celery. Add in the chicken and sausage. bring to a boil,and reduce to simmer for one hour uncovered.
• 2 Mix the Parmesan cheese,parsley,and Mozzarella together and set aside,.
• 3 Make the white sauce. Melt butter in saucepan on stove on low. Add the flour and mix well. Add the half and half, and salt. Stir constantly while cooking until sauce becomes thick like a heavy cream. Season with salt and pepper.Remove from heat.
• 4 In a 13x9 inch pan spread 1 cup of meat sauce on the bottom. Top with as many Lasagna noodle that will fit. Usually 3-4 will do.
• 5 Spread half the White sauce over noodles. Put half the Mozzarella on top of white sauce. Next layer Lasagna noodles, meat sauce, Mozzarella mixture. Net Lasagna Meat sauce,White sauce,and top with Mozzarella. Bake at 350 degree's for 45 minutes,or until done.
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Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Bechamel sauce:
• In a 2-quart pot, melt 5 tablespoons of butter over medium heat. When butter has completely melted, add the flour and whisk until smooth, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly to prevent any lumps from forming. Continue to simmer and whisk over medium heat until the sauce is thick, smooth and creamy, about 10 minutes. The sauce should be thick enough to coat the back of wooden spoon. Remove from heat and add the nutmeg and tomato sauce. Stir until well combined and check for seasoning. Set aside and allow to cool completely.
• In a saute pan, heat extra-virgin olive oil. When almost smoking, add the ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Brown meat, breaking any large lumps, until it is no longer pink. Remove from heat and drain any excess fat. Set aside and allow to cool completely.
• In a medium sized bowl, thoroughly mix the ricotta and eggs. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Into the bottom of a 13 by 9-inch baking dish, spread 1/3 of the bechamel sauce. Arrange the pasta sheets side by side, covering the bottom of the baking dish. Evenly spread a layer of all the ricotta mixture and then a layer of all the spinach. Arrange another layer of pasta sheets and spread all the ground beef on top. Sprinkle 1/2 the mozzarella cheese on top of the beef. Spread another 1/3 of the bechamel sauce. Arrange the final layer of pasta sheets and top with remaining bechamel, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Cut the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter into 1/4-inch cubes and top lasagna.
• Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place lasagna dish on top, cover and put on the middle rack of the oven and bake until top is bubbling, about 30 minutes. Remove cover and continue to bake for about 15 minutes.
• In a large casserole pot or Dutch over, heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until soft and translucent, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add celery and carrots and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and bay leaves and simmer uncovered on low heat for 1 hour or until thick. Remove bay leaves and check for seasoning. If sauce still tastes acidic, add unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon at a time to round out the flavors.
• Add 1/2 the tomato sauce into the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Continue with remaining tomato sauce.
• If not using all the sauce, allow it to cool completely and pour 1 to 2 cup portions into freezer plastic bags. This will freeze up to 6 months.

Steps:

• Brown bacon and onion in a large pan over medium heat. Stir in fennel seed, 1 teaspoon oregano, Italian seasoning, and tomato sauce. Cover, and simmer on low for 4 to 6 hours, or until thick.
• Brown sausage links in a large skillet. Drain on paper towels. Cut into 1 inch pieces.
• Mix together ricotta cheese, egg, milk, parsley, and 1 teaspoon oregano in a medium bowl.
• Layer 1 cup of sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch pan. Layer with 1/3 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1/2 ricotta cheese mixture, 1/2 sausage pieces, 1/3 mozzarella, and 1/2 provolone cheese. Top with 1/3 sauce. Repeat layers. Top with remaining 1/3 noodles. Spread remaining sauce over the top, and sprinkle with remaining 1/3 mozzarella cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 1/2 hours.

Steps:

• 1. Note Opion : Serve with Homemade Spinach Lasagna Noodles in my recipes
• 2. Squeeze filling out of sausage casings,and fry until cooked. Chop until it is crumbled. Poach a chicken breast half in water by boiling. Chop up the cooked chicken.
• 3. in a fry pan cook the onion with a tablespoon of olive oil,or vegetable oil.add garlic at end of cooking onions and cook another 30 seconds.
• 4. In a pot mix the wine,tomato paste, tomatoes, and water. Bring to a low boil. Grate the carrot,chop the celery. Add to the pot along with the cooked onion.
• 5. Add the cooked meat to pot. Add in the pepper,Basil,nutmeg,and Italian seasoning. Mix well and reduce to simmer for 1 hour. Serve over your favorite pasta

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.