mario's lasagna
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Sweet Italian sausage may be mild, medium, or hot. You may substitute the 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese for 3/4 pound sliced Begin prep at least 3.5 hours before serving time
yield
8 serving(s)
prep time
45 Min
cook time
2 Hr 30 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For mario's lasagna
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1 lblean ground beef
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3/4 lbsweet italian sausage or maple sausage
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1/2 cminced onion
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2 clovegarlic, crushed
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1 can(28 oz) crushed tomatoes
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2 can(6 oz each) tomato paste
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2 can(6.5 oz each) tomato sauce
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1/2 cwater
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2 Tbspwhite sugar
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1 1/2 tspdried basil leaves
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1 tspitalian seasoning
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1/2 Tbspsalt
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1/4 tspground black pepper
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12lasagna noodles
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16 ozricotta cheese
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1egg
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1/2 tspsalt
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4 cmozarella cheese, shredded
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3/4 cparmesan cheese, grated and fresh
How To Make mario's lasagna
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1Cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, 1/2 tbs. salt, pepper. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
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2Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
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3Preheat oven to 375 degrees Farenheit.
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4To put together, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with about a third of the mozzarella cheese. Spoon 1 1/2 cups of the meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
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5Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.
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