Meaty Lasagna
Meaty Lasagna

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, meaty lasagna. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

There are only two things you need for great lasagna: a thick, rich, super-meaty meat sauce and lots of it, and a ricotta filling where only the finest cheeses are welcomed. For the sauce, I love a combination of half Italian sausage and half lean ground beef. Spread half of the cheese mixture over the noodles.

Meaty Lasagna is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Meaty Lasagna is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook meaty lasagna using 6 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Meaty Lasagna:
  1. Make ready 1 box lasagna noodles
  2. Get 1 lb ground beef
  3. Prepare 1 lb loose Italian sausage
  4. Get 2 jars your favorite spaghetti sauce
  5. Take 6-8 cups shredded cheese -Italian blend works best
  6. Take Italian seasoning

Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. This classic meat lasagna recipe from Paula Deen is a comfort food meal perfect for family suppers. Ingredients include Italian sausage, cottage cheese and ground chuck. Learn how to build a proper lasagna with amazing recipes from Food Network.

Steps to make Meaty Lasagna:
  1. Brown the meat. I brown each pound separately adding a tablespoon of Italian seasoning each batch.
  2. In a large pot mix all the browned meat with the jars of spaghetti sauce. Add Italian seasoning and sugar too taste. Bring to a simmer.
  3. While you are browning the meat bring a large stockpot of water to a boil. Add salt to taste and 2 tablespoons olive oil to help reduce sticking.
  4. Sauce should be simmering and water boiling. When water reaches a boil add pasta sheets one sheet at a time. Continue boiling for 10 minutes. When you add the pasta to the water turn off heat on sauce.
  5. When pasta is finished cooking drain and immediately rinse with cold water.
  6. In a large casserole dish ladle approximately 1 1/2 cups into the bottom. Spread all over.
  7. Next lay out 4 lasagna noodles.
  8. Spread another 1 1/2 - 2 cups of sauce over noodles. Then evenly spread 2 cups of shredding cheese.
  9. Continue that order…noodles/sauce/cheese for 4 layers. I press down on the noodles as I place them.
  10. Cover and bake at 350F for 50 minutes. Remove cover and finish baking for 10 minutes.
  11. Remove from oven and let rest for 10-15 minutes before serving.
  12. This is a thick dense lasagna that cuts into perfect pieces. A small piece goes a long way.

Layers of pasta, tomatoes and meat will satisfy even the pickiest eaters. Spoon half the cottage cheese mixture over the noodles. Cover cottage cheese with a layer of mozzarella cheese. Spoon a little less than half the meat/sauce mixture over the top. Now repeat the process, beginning with a layer of lasagna noodles, followed by the cottage cheese mixture, followed by the mozzarella and ending with a thick layer of the meat mixture.

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