Three Meat Lasagna
Recipe: #9334
April 29, 2013
Categories: Casseroles, Ground Beef, Cheese, Cottage, Lasagna, Italian, Christmas Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, Beef Dinner, Italian Dinner, Ground Beef Dinner, more
"Simple, meaty lasagna."
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (452 g)
- Calories 894.3
- Total Fat - 60.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 28.1 g
- Cholesterol - 220.3 mg
- Sodium - 2965.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 19.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.8 g
- Sugars - 10.8 g
- Protein - 68.2 g
- Calcium - 1461.7 mg
- Iron - 4.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cook onion in olive oil in a large skillet until tender, several minutes.
Step 2
Add garlic, ground beef, italian sausage, basil, oregano, parsley, salt and pepper to pan and cook until meat is thoroughly browned and breaking up lumps as it cooks.
Step 3
Drain fat.
Step 4
Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, and brown sugar to pan, mixing well.
Step 5
Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 25-30 minutes.
Step 6
Meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles in plenty of boiling salted water for ten minutes, then drain.
Step 7
In a mixing bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, eggs, parmesan, salt, pepper, and parsley until smooth.
Step 8
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Step 9
In a large lasagna baking pan, place 1/3-1/2 of meat sauce in bottom of pan (just enough to cover).
Step 10
On top of the meat sauce in pan, layer the lasagna as follows: 4 noodles (to cover pan), 8 ounces shredded mozzarella, 4 ounces sliced pepperoni, 4 more noodles, ricotta cheese mixture, 4 more noodles, remaining meat sauce mixture, 8 ounces mozzarella, 4 ounces of pepperoni, and 1/4 cup parmesan.
Step 11
If any corners of noodles try to stick up past the sauce in the pan, tuck them under the sauce.
Step 12
Bake at 375F for 30-40 minutes or until heated through and cheese is golden and bubbly.
Step 13
Allow to rest for 10-15 minutes before slicing and serving.
Tips
No special items needed.