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Lasagna Recipe
This simple lasagna recipe uses a hearty homemade sauce, three cheeses, and noodles for the ultimate comfort food recipe!
Prep
25 min
Cook
2h
Total
2h 25m
Serves
12
Instructions
- 01
1. Heat a large Dutch Oven over medium heat. Add the sausage, ground beef, and onion. Cook 5 to 10 minutes, or until the meat is browned and the onion is soft.
- 02
2. Stir in the garlic and cook one minute longer.
- 03
3. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.
- 04
4. Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer 1 hour.
- 05
1. While your sauce is cooking, combine the ricotta, egg, and parsley. Mix well and set aside.
- 06
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- 07
2. Using either one 9×13 pan or two 8 inch pans- Start building your layers.
- 08
3. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of sauce to the bottom of your baking dish. Top with a layer of noodles. Spread 1/3 of the ricotta mixture onto the noodles. Add another 1/2 to 1 cup of sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
- 09
4. Repeat the layers two more times following – Noodles, ricotta, sauce, cheese. You want to end with the mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
- 10
5. Cover the lasagna with foil. Bake 25 minutes.
- 11
6. Remove the foil and bake an additional 25 minutes.
- 12
7. Let the lasagna sit for 15 minutes before serving to allow to thicken.
Nutrition
per serving · 1 slice
- Calories
- 631
- Protein
- 39g
- Carbs
- 47g
- Fat
- 33g
- Fiber
- 6g
- Sugar
- 13g
- Sat. fat
- 16g
- Sodium
- 1319mg
- Cholesterol
- 115mg
Variations & swaps
Ricotta substitute:
- Not everyone loves ricotta, and that’s ok. We sometimes substitute equal amounts of cottage cheese. You get a similar flavor without the ricotta thick texture.
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