Ingredients
1 pound candy Italian sausage
¾ pound lean floor beef
½ cup minced onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 (28 ounce) can beaten tomatoes
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
2 (6.5 ounce) cans canned tomato sauce
½ cup water
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 ½ teaspoons dried basil leaves
½ teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 ½ teaspoons salt, divided, or to taste
¼ teaspoon floor black pepper
4 tablespoons chopped sparkling parsley
12 lasagna noodles
16 oz. ricotta cheese
1 egg
¾ pound mozzarella cheese, sliced
¾ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Step 1
In a Dutch oven, prepare dinner sausage, floor beef, onion, and garlic over medium warmnesstillnicely browned. Stir in beaten tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and two tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 half of hours, stirring occasionally.
Step 2
Bring a giant pot of gently salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for eight to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with bloodless water. In a mixing bowl, mix ricotta cheese with egg, ultimate parsley, and half of teaspoon salt.
Step 3
Preheat oven to 375 ranges F (190 stages C).
Step 4
To assemble, unfold 1 half cups of meat sauce in the backside of a 9×13-inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a 0.33 of mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 half cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and pinnacle with closing mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to stop sticking, both spray foil with cooking spray, or make positive the foil does now notcontact the cheese.
