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