The Ultimate Lasagna
Behold the ultimate lasagna recipe. Your families and friends will surely gather around the dinner table for this recipe. A big warm comforting hug within layers of pasta, tomatoes and melted cheese!
The Ultimate Lasagna
Portion size: 12 servings
Prep time:  30 minutes
Cooking time: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Here's what we need:

Quantity

UOM

Ingredient

24

sheets

Mazza Oven Ready Lasagna

340

g

Euro Chef Mozzarella Cheese, sliced

3/4

cup

Italiana Formaggi Grated Parmesan

800

g

Dolce Vita Chopped Tomatoes or Mazza Crushed Tomatoes

170

g

Mazza Tomato Paste

1

can

Mazza Tomato Sauce with Basil

400

g

Italian Sausage 

340

g

lean ground beef

1/2

cup

white onion, minced

2

cloves

garlic, crushed

1/2

cup

water

2

tbsp

white sugar

1 1/2 tsp

dried basil leaves 

1/2 tsp

fennel seeds 

1 tsp

Italian seasoning 

To taste

salt

1/4 tsp

ground black pepper

4 tbsp

fresh parsley, chopped

400 g

ricotta cheese

Procedure:

  1. In a big pot, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned.
  2. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)

To assemble:

  1. Spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a baking dish
  2. Arrange an equal layer of lasagna noodles over meat sauce
  3. Spread some of the ricotta cheese mixture till the pasta is covered
  4. Cover with mozzarella cheese slices.
  5. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over the mozzarella and sprinkle with parmesan
  6. Repeat till all ingredients have been used.
  7. Cover with foil, to prevent it from sticking to the lasagna spray foil with cooking spray.

To bake:

  1. Bake in preheated oven for 25 mins
  2. Remove foil and bake an additional 25 mins to brown the cheese on top.
  3. Cool for 15 mins and serve.
Lasagna

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