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Deep Dish Lasagne is made from the best ingredients to create an amazing comfort food that will make anyone happy with layers of mozzarella, parmesan and ricotta cheeses, noodles and a marinara meat sauce with hamburger and sausage.

Deep Dish Lasagna

Dina Driggs
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Onion
  • 3 Cloves Garlic
  • 4- 14.5 oz. Canned Petite Tomatoes
  • 8 oz. Tomato Sauce
  • 6 oz. Tomato Paste
  • 1 lb. Hamburger
  • 1 lb. Sausage
  • 20 Leaves Fresh Basil, or 2 tsp. dried basil
  • 1 lb. Lasagna Noodles, Tuscanini Oven Ready Noodles
  • 4-5 Cups Mozzarella Cheese, grated
  • 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese, grated and divided
  • 2 1/2 Cups Ricotta Cheese
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 Tbsp. Dried Parsley Flakes

Instructions
 

  • Chop onion and grate garlic.
  • Add hamburger and sausage to a stock pot.
  • Cook until almost done. Chop the meat into small pieces as it is cooking.
  • Add the chopped onion and grated garlic.
  • Cook until the meat is cooked through and the onions are translucent.
  • Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste.
  • Cut fresh basil and add, or add dried basil.
  • Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer for 20-30 minutes with the lid on.
  • Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water as directed on package, or use Tuscanini Oven Ready Noodles.
  • Mix ricotta, 1/2 Cup parmesan, eggs, and dried parsley.
  • Layer the lasagna in a deep 13 x 9 pan.
  • Ladle in 1 cup of marinara meat sauce.
  • Lay noodles on top.
  • Spoon the ricotta onto the noodles.  Use about a tablespoon of ricotta on each noodle and spread with the back of the spoon.
  • Sprinkle on one cup of mozzarella cheese.
  • Repeat last four instructions until the pan is full. On the last layer add 1/2 Cup of grated parmesan on top of the mozzarella.
  • Bake at 375° for 45 minutes.
  • Turn off the oven and leave lasagna in the oven to set up.
  • Bring it out of the oven and let it sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving.
Keyword Beef, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Pasta, Ricotta Cheese, Sausage
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