Here is a delicious beef and cheese lasagna recipe straight from my kitchen. When I think of comfort food, a delicious lasagna definitely makes the list. I will admit, it’s not the quickest of meals to pull together. I find that preparing my sauce ahead of time really helps make this meal possible during a busy week.
Lasagna is a definite favorite at our house. It seems I can never make too much. I prepare a small dairy free lasagna for our two sons who have allergies along with a large one full of cheesy goodness. Below is my recipe for one large (13×9) beef and cheese lasagna, feel free to scale it down if you have less people to feed.
Ingredients:
- 1 and a half boxes of uncooked lasagna noodles
- 1 pound of ground beef
- 2 24 ounce jars of your favorite pasta sauce or about 6 cups of homemade sauce. I often use ragu chunky style, garlic, tomato, and onion in glass jars, there are a couple good organic ones out there too.
- one 15 ounce container of ricotta cheese
- at least 4 cups of shredded or fresh mozarella cheese
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese
- salt
- pepper
- Italian seasoning
Directions:
1. Brown ground beef in skillet. Add a dash of salt, pepper and Italian seasoning.
2. Next, add about 4 cups of sauce to the ground beef. Stir and let it come to a slow boil. Turn down heat and let simmer.
3. Cook a little over one box of lasagna noodles. I like to have extra in case they tear. Noodles should be just slightly firm. Take noodles out and separate them to prevent them from sticking. I often lay them over the edge of the pot I cooked them in.
5. Next, in a medium sized bowl, mix your ricotta cheese, 1/4 tsp. of pepper, 1/4 tsp. of Italian seasoning, about 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, and half a cup of shredded mozarella cheese together and set aside.
* It’s also about time to heat your oven to 400 degrees.
6. Now cover the bottom of a 13×9 baking dish with a thin layer of your extra sauce (without meat). Place a layer of noodles on top of the sauce.
9. After the third layer, I top with more noodles. To finish, I add some plain sauce on top and a generous amount of mozarella cheese with a sprinkle of parmesan.
10. Cover with foil and bake for about 45 mintues at 400 degrees. Once done, I move it to the top rack and place the oven on broil to get the cheese slighlty brown. Next, pull it out and let it cool a bit. I often serve this with a fresh salad on the side.
Enjoy!
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