Twilight Grandma’s Lasagna Recipe
Delicious Homely Lasagna!
Servings Prep Time
12servings 30minutes
Cook Time
2 1/2hours
Servings Prep Time
12servings 30minutes
Cook Time
2 1/2hours
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Cook sausages, ground beef, onion, and garlic in a large pot or Dutch oven on medium heat.
  2. Once they are brown in colour, add crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, water and stir.
  3. To this mixture add sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning salt, pepper and half of the fresh parsley.
  4. Cover the pot and let it simmer for about 1 1/2 hours and stir occasionally.
  5. Boil salted water and cook the lasagna noodles for 8 to 10 minutes.
  6. Drain and rinse the noodles in cold water.
  7. Mix ricotta, egg, salt and the leftover parsley in another bowl.
  8. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  9. In a baking dish, ladle about 1 1/2 cups of the meat sauce.
  10. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over the sauce.
  11. Spread half of the ricotta cheese mix on top of the noodles.
  12. Add one third of the mozzarella cheese slices and ladle another 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce on top.
  13. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the parmesan cheese and repeat the layers.
  14. Top the second layer with leftover mozzarella and parmesan.
  15. Spray the covering foil with cooking oil on the inward side and cover the baking dish.
  16. Bake the lasagna for 25 minutes and then bake for another 25 minutes without the foil.
  17. Cool the lasagna at least 15 minutes before serving.