Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, lasagna casserole. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Lasagna Casserole is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Lasagna Casserole is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. This easy lasagna pasta bake has all the same elements of a classic lasagna - meat sauce, cheese sauce and penne pasta plus more cheese of course, but the process is so easy! Everything is combined in a casserole dish (no layering) and this lasagna recipe bakes way faster!
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lasagna casserole using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lasagna Casserole:
- Prepare 16 oz uncooked pasta, shape is your choice. I use elbow mac, rotini, or penne. If you can find mini lasagna noodles go for it, bow tie works good too
- Get 2 cups or so Mozzarella cheese for topping
- Make ready Sauce
- Prepare 2 lbs ground meat, personally we like 1/2 beef and 1/2 venison. You could use pork, turkey, sausage, whatever
- Get 1-2 tbsp olive oil, if your meat lacks fat
- Make ready 1/2 large onion, diced
- Prepare 3-4 cloves minced garlic
- Take to taste Salt and pepper
- Prepare 1 tbsp dried basil, oregano, and parsley
- Take 44 oz jar of pasta sauce, and a little water to rinse out the jar
- Make ready 6 oz can of tomato paste (optional for more intense tomato flavor)
- Get 1 tbsp cooking sherry
- Get 1-2 tbsp red wine vinegar (cuts the sweetness)
- Take Pinch sugar to bring flavors together
- Get Cheese filling layer
- Take 24 oz cottage cheese or ricotta (full fat tastes best)
- Prepare 2 eggs
- Take 2 tbsp parsley
- Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper (use slightly more if coarse ground)
- Get 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- Get 8 oz shredded Mozzarella cheese
Cook meat - season to taste, drain and add spaghetti sauce to meat. This dish fares very well when frozen. Follow the directions as written but after adding the final beef and pasta layer, cover the baking dish tightly with heavy duty foil, crimping the edges tightly, and. This Lasagna Casserole post is sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association.
Steps to make Lasagna Casserole:
- Bring large pot of water to boil, salt water and cook noodles to al dente. Drain and set aside.
- Brown meat, and as meat is getting close to done add in onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Cook until onions are getting translucent, and add herbs (oregano, parsley, and basil). Then add pasta sauce and tomato paste if using. Stir well together, add the vinegar and sherry. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed, add the sugar, then let simmer together for an hour. Watch bottom of pan that it doesn't scorch.
- Heat oven to 375. Put your cheese and two eggs into a bowl, beat together until smooth (important for if you use cottage cheese instead of ricotta, helps smooth out out. Cottage cheese also spreads easier during assembly). Stir in pepper, parsley, and parmesan. Finally mix in Mozzarella cheese.
- Once all your components are assembled, spray a 11x16 casserole pan with cooking spray. You will assemble starting with 1/3 of the noodles, 1/3 of the sauce, and 1/2 of cheese mixture. Repeat the layers, and end with last third of noodles topped with sauce. Finally spread 2 cups of Mozzarella cheese over top of the casserole.
- Cover with foil, bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes, if you want the cheese on top browned and slightly more crispy put under the broiler for a hot minute. Allow to cool for 10 minutes to set up before dishing up. Feed to hungry children and husband!
All text and opinions are my own. I love a good, hearty casserole for dinner like this Cheesy Ham Casserole, Meatball Sub Casserole or Poppy Seed Chicken so good! There's something about it that brings me back to childhood. Lasagna Casserole has all the elements of the traditional lasagna. It has the noodles, the meat, the cheese, and the sauce but the process is quick and easy!
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