No-Joke Lasagna

No-Joke Lasagna

Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients

1 lb. 80/20 Ground Beef

1 lb. Spicy Ground Italian Sausage

½ cup Red Onion – Diced

4 Cloves Garlic – Minced

2 14 oz cans Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes

1 6 oz can Tomato Paste

1 6.5 oz can Tomato Sauce

½ cup Beef Broth

2 T Brown Sugar

1 t Herbes de Provence

¼ cup Fresh Basil – Chopped

¼ cup Fresh Parsley – Chopped

1 T Red Pepper Flakes

12 Lasagna Noodles – No-Boil

16 oz Ricotta Cheese – Whole Milk

1 Egg

2 t Kosher Salt

16 oz Fresh Mozzarella – Sliced

¾ cup Parmesan Cheese – Grated (Parmesan-Reggiano preferred)

Method

1. Grease a 9×13 pan
2. In a large dutch oven cook over medium heat, beef, pork, onion and garlic until brown
3. Add in fire roasted tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce and beef broth
4. Add in brown sugar, basil, red pepper flakes and 1 T parsley
5. Simmer, covered for about 1-1/2 hours and the sauce is reduced to a thick consistency
6. In a medium bowl mix ricotta, remaining parsley, salt, herbes de provence and egg
7. Pre-Heat oven to 375 degrees

Assembly

1. Pour ¼ cup of the meat sauce into 9×13 pan
2. Place 4 noodles on top of meat sauce
3. Spread 1/3 of the ricotta cheese on top
4. Top with mozzarella slices
5. Pour more meat sauce on top of mozzarella
6. Sprinkle Parmesan over meat sauce
7. Repeat.
8. Cover lasagna with foil, sprayed with oil to avoid cheese sticking to top and make sure the foil is not touching the top of the lasagna
9. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, remove the foil and bake an additional 15 minutes until cheese is golden brown and lasagna is bubbling
10. Cool for 20 minutes before serving.                                                                                       Enjoy!