Simple Way to Make Speedy Lasagna

Lasagna.

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lasagna. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lasagna is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It's appreciated by millions daily. It's simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They're nice and they look wonderful. Lasagna is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have lasagna using 20 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lasagna:

1. {Prepare of # ground beef.
2. {Get of # pork (or sweet sausage).
3. {Take of onion, minced.
4. {Make ready of garlic, crushed.
5. {Prepare of can crushed tomatoes.
6. {Make ready of can tomato sauce.
7. {Make ready of can tomato paste.
8. {Get of water, slightly less.
9. {Take of white sugar.
10. {Make ready of dried basil.
11. {Take of italian seasoning.
12. {Make ready of salt, divided.
13. {Prepare of black pepper.
14. {Make ready of fresh parsley, chopped (4 tsp dried).
15. {Prepare of lasagna noodles.
16. {Get of ricotta cheese.
17. {Make ready of egg.
18. {Prepare of mozzarella cheese, shredded.
19. {Get of parmesan cheese, grated.
20. {Take of Crushed red pepper flakes, optional.

Steps to make Lasagna:

1. In a Dutch oven, cook beef, pork, onion, and garlic over medium heat until browned. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce and water. Add the sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, 1 tsp salt, pepper and 2T parsley (2 tsp dried). Add the red pepper flakes if using. Simmer, covered, for 1 1/2 hours. Stir occasionally..
2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the noodles for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. In a small bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, egg, 2T parsley (2 tsp dried) and 1/2 tsp salt..
3. Preheat oven to 375°..
4. Spray a 13"x9" baking dish with cooking spray. Spread 1 1/2C of meat sauce on the bottom. Put a single layer of noodles over the meat sauce. Spread with 1/2 of the cheese mixture. Top with 1C of mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with some of the parmesan cheese. Repeat layers 2 times and the top will be the cheeses. Cover with sprayed foil to prevent the cheese sticking to it..
5. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15-20 minutes before cutting into your lasagna..
6. I had an 8oz roll of mozzarella cheese on hand, so I sliced it and put it on the cheese layers..

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