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Sausage Lasagna

Prep Time 50 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium sized onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 lbs sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
  • ½ cup chopped basil
  • 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
  • 6 ounces tomato paste
  • ¼ cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
  • 16 ounces ricotta
  • 4 ounces goat cheese
  • 1 cup grated parmesan
  • 1 pound fresh mozzarella, or 3/4 pound packaged mozzarella
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • ½ pound lasagna noodles
  • salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  • Turn on your hot tap water until very hot, then fill a pot with the hot water. Put your lasagna noodles in.
  • Chop up your basil, parley, onion, and garlic and put them on a plate.
  • Slice your mozzarella and move it to the side.
  • Blend your goat cheese, ricotta, egg, parmesan, parsley, salt and pepper together in a bowl, set aside.
  •  Take the casing off of the sausage.
  • Get your pan ready by preheating it, add olive oil and basil, and, when ready, cook your onions for about 5 minutes (until translucent). Add your garlic for a minute. Next, put the sausage in and cook until it's no longer pink.
  • Once the meat is cooked through, add your crushed tomatoes and tomato paste and simmer on medium-low heat for about 15 minutes.
  • Drain your noodles a little, and make a prep lineup: sauce, noodles, ricotta mix, and mozzarella cheese
  • Layer your rectangle baking dish (I use a 5 quart). Put 1/3 of the sauce, then a layer of noodles, then the ricotta mix, then a layer of mozzarella. Repeat again: 1/3 of the sauce, noodles, ricotta mix, mozzarella. Lastly, add a layer of noodles, the last 1/3 of the sauce and sprinkle with 1/4 cup parmesan cheese (if you're going to freeze, wait until you put the dish in the oven to add the parmesan cheese).
  • Put it in the oven. I like to put it on a sheet pan so that if it drips, it doesn't land on the base of the oven.
  • Put it in the oven. I like to put it on a sheet pan so that if it drips, it doesn't land on the base of the oven.
Keyword family meal, lasagna, make ahead, one dish meal