My Favorite Lasagna is outstanding! This fabulous lasagna recipe is the ultimate! It uses Italian Sausage & RoTel diced tomatoes with Green Chilies to amp up the flavors. It also uses 3 kinds of cheese & is so loaded, you won't ever want to try a different recipe! Great for company and holiday dinners. Wow your company or family with this sensational entree. I guarantee everyone will want seconds!
1 hamburger chopper to break meat down in small pieces while frying
1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
measuring cups
measuring spoons
1 large mixing bowl
1 wooden spoon
aluminum foil
Ingredients
1/2oniondiced
3-4clovesgarlicminced
1lb.ground turkey(I use ground chuck)
1/2lb.Italian sausage
1-2tbsp.olive oilas needed
48oz. jarspaghetti sauce(or two 24-ounce jars)
6oz. cantomato paste
1 1/2cupswater
14.5oz. canItalian Ro-Tel tomatoes with diced chiliesundrained (this is hard to find, I usually use the regular Ro-Tel)
15oz. ctn.Ricotta cheese
2cupsMozzarella cheeseshredded
1 1/2 cupsParmesan cheesegrated
2largeeggs
1/4cupdried parsley
1/2tsp.sea salt
1/4tsp.ground black pepper
8oz. pkg.uncooked lasagna noodles(I usually use a 16-ounce package and make extra layers)
Instructions
Sauté onion and garlic in a tablespoon of olive oil in a large Dutch oven, add turkey (ground beef) and sausage; drain.
Use a hamburger chopper to cut meat down in small pieces while frying.
Add 2 jars spaghetti sauce, water, tomato paste, basil, oregano and Ro-Tel diced Italian tomatoes with juice.
Simmer over low heat about 30 minutes.
Mix Ricotta, one-half Mozzarella, 1 cup Parmesan cheese, eggs, parsley, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl.
Layer 1 cup sauce in 9x13” glass baking dish that's been sprayed with cooking spray.
Arrange 3-4 dry noodles over sauce, spread dabs of cheese mixture over noodles, then 1 cup sauce and repeat layers ending with sauce on top.
If the sauce doesn’t cover the top well, add the remaining jar of sauce.
Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese.
Cover with foil.
Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes at 350°.
(Test noodles with a fork. If they are fork tender, they are cooked through).
Remove foil.
Sprinkle with remaining Mozzarella cheese.
Bake 10-15 minutes longer.
Notes
NOTE: I usually spread the ingredients out so that I make 6 layers of noodles, 6 layers of cheese mixture, 6 layers of sauce, topped with Parmesan cheese before baking and extra Mozzarella cheese after baking an hour.NOTE: If you cannot find Italian diced tomatoes with green chilies, then just use regular diced tomatoes with green chilies. If desired, add about 1/3 teaspoon each of basil and oregano.