My great grandmother’s recipe handed down from one generation to the next.
Ingredients: [‘sweet italian sausage’, ‘hot italian sausage’, ‘lean ground beef’, ‘crushed tomatoes’, ‘tomato paste’, ‘canned tomato sauce’, ‘water’, ‘onion’, ‘dried basil’, ‘fennel seed’, ‘italian seasoning’, ‘salt’, ‘ground black pepper’, ‘parsley’, ‘lasagna noodles’, ‘ricotta cheese’, ‘parmesan cheese’, ‘asiago cheese’, ‘egg’, ‘milk’, ‘mozzarella cheese’, ‘provolone cheese’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“2/3 lb sweet Italian sausage”,”2/3 lb hot Italian sausage”,”2/3 lb lean ground beef”,”28 ounces crushed tomatoes”,”12 ounces tomato paste”,”13 ounces canned tomato sauce”,”1/2 cup water”,”1/2 cup minced onion”,”1 1/2 tablespoons dried basil”,”1/2 teaspoon fennel seed”,”1 teaspoon italian seasoning”,”1 tablespoon salt”,”1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper”,”4 tablespoons chopped parsley”,”12 lasagna noodles”,”16 ounces ricotta cheese”,”1/2 cup parmesan cheese”,”1/2 cup asiago cheese”,”1 egg”,” milk, as needed “,”1 lb mozzarella cheese (shredded)”,”1 lb provolone cheese (shredded)”]
Number of Servings: 8
Steps: [‘Meat Sauce: Skillet and slow cooker needed.’, ‘1: Mix sausage and ground beef together evenly and brown in large skillet.’, ‘2: Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, basil, fennel. Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, half the parsley, and the browned meat mixture to a slow cooker.’, ‘3: Cook on low for 1.5 hours stirring occasionally.’, ‘Pre-Heat oven to 375°F.’, ‘Cheeses: 2 bowls needed.’, ‘1: in one bowl combine ricotta, Parmesan, Asiago, remaining parsley, and egg. add milk as needed to get an easily spread cheese paste.’, ‘2: in second bowl combine mozzarella and provolone.’, ‘Assembly: lasagna pan needed.’, ‘1: spread 1.5 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of lasagna pan.’, ‘2: Arrange noodles over meat sauce.’, ‘3: Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture.’, ‘4: Top with half the mozzarella/provolone mix.’, ‘5: repeat 1 – 4.’, ‘Bake.’, ‘1: Cover pan with foil (spray foil with cooking spay to avoid sticking if desired).’, ‘2: Bake for 25 minute.’, ‘3: Remove foil and continue baking for 25 minute.’, ‘Cool 15 min before cutting and serving.’]