Pioneer Woman's Best Ever Lasagna
Recipe type: Main Meal
Serves: 8
- 1 box Oven Ready lasagna noodles
- 4 Cups grated mozzarella cheese
- 1½ lbs ground beef
- 1 lb mild sausage
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 - 28 oz can whole tomatoes
- 2 - 6 oz cans tomato paste
- ½ tsp salt
- Fresh ground black pepper
- 4 Tbsp dried parsley
- 2 Tbsp dried basil
- 3 Cups Cottage Cheese
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 Cup grated Parmesan Cheese
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- In a large skillet over medium heat, fry the ground beef, sausage and garlic until cooked through
- Drain off the excess fat
- Stir in 2 Tbsp parsley and 2 Tbsp basil
- Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, and freshly ground black pepper
- Stir together well, simmer over low heat, uncovered, for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally
- In a medium bowl combine the cottage cheese, eggs, ½ Cup of the Parmesan cheese and 2 Tbsp parsley
- Stir together well
- Layer 4 noodles in the bottom of a 9x13 pan
- Spoon half of the cottage cheese mixture over the noodles
- Sprinkle half of the mozzarella cheese on top of the cottage cheese mixture
- Spoon just under half of the meat mixture on top of the mozzarella
- Spread evenly being careful not to disturb the layers
- Repeat the layers, beginning with noodles, cottage cheese, mozzarella, and ending with a thick layer of meat sauce
- Sprinkle the remaining ½ Cup Parmesan over the top
- Bake for 45 minutes until the lasagna is hot and bubbly
- Allow to stand for 10 minutes before cutting into squares
- * Lasagna can be frozen, unbaked
Recipe by Simple Local Life at https://www.simplelocallife.com/pioneer-womans-best-ever-lasagna/
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