The best lasagna

2 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:07:45 GMT

Ingredients

0 servings

For the sauce

1yellow onion

1 Tbspextra virgin olive oil

3cans stewed Italian style tomatoes

¾ csugar

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2fresh bay leaves

1 tsporegano dried

¾ cfresh basil

1 tspgarlic powder

3 cwater

2 x 12 ozcans tomato paste

1 lbground beef

1 lbitalian sausage

1 tsponion salt

1 tspblack pepper

8 ozcream cheese

For the lasagna

2 Tbspextra virgin olive oil

1 tspkosher salt

16 ozlasagna noodles

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12 ozricotta cheese

12 ozcottage cheese

1.5 lbsgrated mozzarella cheese

2green onions

Instructions

For the sauce

Step 1

Saute diced onion in olive oil. Cook until onions are clear. Add 1 can stewed tomatoes, half of the sugar and bay leaves and sauté for 10 minutes. Place in blender two cans stewed tomatoes, other half of sugar, oregano, basil, garlic powder, and tomato paste. Fold into tomato sauce. Blend thoroughly. Whisk in water and simmer for 30 minutes. Brown ground beef and sausage with onion salt and pepper. Fold in cream cheese until melted and combine with tomato sauce.

For the lasagna

Step 2

Preheat oven to 375°. In a large stock pot combine water, oil and salt and cook lasagna noodles al dente. Using an extra deep 9 x 13 pan, spread Italian Lasagna Sauce evenly on bottom of the pan. Place three or four lasagna noodles on sauce. Using teaspoons, alternate heaping spoonfuls of ricotta cheese and cottage cheese. Place every 2-3-inches apart. Top with Italian Lasagna Sauce and 1 c. of mozzarella cheese. Cover with another layer of noodles and repeat steps. Finish with sauce and mozzarella cheese. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes. Top with fresh minced green onions.