This is one of my favorite lasagnas. You can always change the filling to match whatever you interest is for the evening. The real prize is the sauce.
Sauce:
1 lb. Ground beef (higher quality)
3/4 Pork sausage
2 garlic cloves
3 6oz. cans of tomato sauce
2 6oz. cans of tomato paste
2 tsp. sugar (you can also use honey as a sweetener)
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Cheese filling:
3 eggs
3 Tbsp parsley ( I use dried)
3 C. small curd cottage cheese (4% milk fat is the best)
8 Oz ricotta
1/2 Parmesan
6 slices of provolone
9 cooked lasagna noodles
In a large pot cook the ground beef and sausage. Drain grease. Add remaining sauce ingredients. simmer at least one hour.
Combine eggs, parsley, ricotta, Parmesan and cottage cheeses.
preheat oven to 375 degrees
In a 13x9 pan spread 1 cup of sauce, layer 3 noodles, then provolone, 2cups cottage cheese and 1 cup mozzarella. Next layer 3 more noodles 2 cups of sauce and remaining cheese mixture, and 1 cup of mozzarella.
Top with remaining noodles, sauce and mozzarella.
bake for 50 minutes covered. uncover and bake an additional 20 minutes.
let stand for 10-15 Minutes and enjoy!
This next portion my own additions to the original recipe
- use and extra can of tomato sauce and paste, with extra sweetener and Italian seasoning
- Use fresh ground Italian sausage, or spicy sausage for a more of a pepper taste
- Use a disposable extra large lasagna pan
- add a handful of mozzarella to your cheese mixture
- I use around 8 cups of mozzarella ( I like cheese lasagna)
Well if you try this I hope you enjoy it
~T