Lasagna
This is the standard lasagna recipe that has been in my family for years. Serve with a green salad and crusty bread…perfect winter night meal!
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 28 oz. can tomatoes
- 1 12 oz. can tomatoe paste
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 16oz. mozzarella cheese shredded
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 15oz. ricotta cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- In a 5 quart Dutch oven over high heat, cook ground beef and onion until all pan juices evaporate and beef is well browned, stirring frequently.
- Add tomatoes and their liquid, tomato paste, sugar, salt, oregano, thyme, pepper, garlic, salt, and bay leaf.
- Heat to boiling, stirring to break up tomatoes.
- Reduce heat to low, cover, simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Discard bay leaf. Spoon off any fat from sauce.
- Prepare lasagna noodles as label directs. Drain.
- In a 13" x 9" pan, arrange half of noodles, overlapping to fit.
- Combine eggs and ricotta, spoon ½ of mixture over noodles, sprinkle 1/2 of mozzarella, top with ½ of sauce. Repeat.
- Bake at 375° for 45 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.