Three Layer Lasagne With Ricotta And Meat Sauce Barilla Recipes

Steps:

• Cook onion in olive oil in a large skillet until tender, several minutes.
• Add garlic, ground beef, italian sausage, basil, oregano, parsley, salt and pepper to pan and cook until meat is thoroughly browned and breaking up lumps as it cooks.
• Drain fat.
• Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, and brown sugar to pan, mixing well.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 25-30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles in plenty of boiling salted water for ten minutes, then drain.
• In a mixing bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, eggs, parmesan, salt, pepper, and parsley until smooth.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a large lasagna baking pan, place 1/3-1/2 of meat sauce in bottom of pan (just enough to cover).
• On top of the meat sauce in pan, layer the lasagna as follows: 4 noodles (to cover pan), 8 ounces shredded mozzarella, 4 ounces sliced pepperoni, 4 more noodles, ricotta cheese mixture, 4 more noodles, remaining meat sauce mixture, 8 ounces mozzarella, 4 ounces of pepperoni, and 1/4 cup parmesan.
• If any corners of noodles try to stick up past the sauce in the pan, tuck them under the sauce.
• Bake at 375F for 30-40 minutes or until heated through and cheese is golden and bubbly.
• Allow to rest for 10-15 minutes before slicing and serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cook Lasagna noodles according to package cooking time, drain and separate.
• Combine cooked meat and 1-1/2 jars sauce in a large saucepan.
• Combine eggs, ricotta, 3-1/2 cups mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses in a large bowl.
• Spray or grease a 9x13-inch baking dish or two 8x8-inch baking dishes with cooking spray. Spread 3/4 cup sauce over the bottom of the baking dish.
• Place 3-4 Lasagna noodles over the bottom, slightly overlapping. Spread half of the cheese mixture over noodles and cover with 1/2 of the meat sauce. Repeat layers. Cover last layer with remaining noodles and sauce. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• OAMC DIRECTIONS.
• Assemble lasagna in a foil lined baking dish and then place in freezer. No prior baking needed. Freeze until firm enough to remove from baking dish. Cover completely with another layer of heavy foil, then place in a gallon sized freezer bag and label.
• To Serve: Place frozen foil wrapped lasagna back into baking dish originally used. Thaw and bake covered at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 15 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. To bake from the frozen stage, and 30 minutes to total baking time.

Steps:

• Preheat over to 375°F. Spray baking pan 9X13" pan with no-stick cooking spray. Remove 16 lasagna noodles from box. DO NOT BOIL. Set aside. In medium bow, beat eggs. Stir in ricotta, 2 cups mozzarella and Parmesan. Layer lasagna, slightly overlapping sheets. Lasagna will expand to edges during cooking. Spread fillings to edges to seal in and cook lasagna during baking. Spread 1 cup of sauce on bottom of baking pan. Layer 4 uncooked noodles, 1/3 ricotta mixture, half of browned meat, 1 cup mozzarella, and 1 cup sauce. Layer 4 uncooked noodles, 1/3 ricotta mixture and 1 1/2 cups sauce. Layer 4 uncooked noodles, remaining ricotta mixture, browned meat, and 1 cup sauce. Layer 4 uncooked noodles, and remaining sauce. Bake, covered with foil until bubbly, 50 to 60 minutes. Uncover. Add remaining 1 cup mozzarella and continue cooking until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.