The GüdDish Lasagna

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Lasagna. The GüdDish.

Serves 8 · 30–40 min prep · 90–105 min total · 3 steps

Ingredients

Ingredients for Lasagna
  • 12 lasagna noodles
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 lb Italian sausage
  • 15 oz ricotta
  • 3 cups mozzarella
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • 2 tbs tomato paste
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt

What the best recipes taught us

  • Simmer the meat sauce until it is thick. A thick sauce is what keeps the layers in place.
  • Rest the lasagna before you cut it. Fifteen minutes lets the cheese set so you can cut a clean square.

Method

  1. 1
    Ground beef and sausage simmering with tomatoes in a wide stainless pot
    2tbsolive oil
    1lbsground beef
    1lbsItalian sausage
    1yellow onion, chopped
    3garlic cloves, minced
    2tbstomato paste
    1can crushed tomatoes
    1tspdried oregano
    1/4cfresh basil
    11/2tspkosher salt
    1tspground black pepper

    Heat the olive oil in a wide pot over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and sausage to the pot. Cook, breaking it up, until no pink remains and the meat is browned, 8 to 10 minutes.

    Add the chopped onion to the pot. Cook until it is soft, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in the minced garlic for 30 seconds.

    Stir the tomato paste into the pot and cook 1 minute.

    Pour the crushed tomatoes into the pot. Add the oregano and basil to the pot. Bring to a simmer, then lower the heat. Cook until the sauce is thick, 20 to 25 minutes. Salt to taste.

  2. 2
    Lasagna noodles in boiling water, ricotta mixed in a bowl, noodles on a baking sheet
    12lasagna noodles
    15ozricotta
    1 largeegg
    1cgrated Parmesan

    Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it so it tastes like the sea. Add the lasagna noodles to the boiling water and cook until they are flexible but still firm, 1 to 2 minutes less than the package time. Drain. Lay them flat on a baking sheet so they do not stick.

    Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix the ricotta with the egg and some of the Parmesan and black pepper until it looks even.

  3. 3
    Lasagna being layered in a 9x13 ceramic baking dish
    cooked lasagna noodles
    3cmozzarella

    Heat the oven to 375°F. Spoon a thin layer of meat sauce into a 9x13-inch baking dish.

    Add a layer of noodles to the baking dish. Spread some of the ricotta over them. Spoon on more meat sauce. Sprinkle mozzarella over the sauce in the baking dish.

    Repeat until the noodles and sauces are used. Finish with meat sauce and the rest of the mozzarella and Parmesan.

    Bake until the edges bubble and the mozzarella is browned in spots, 35 to 45 minutes. Rest 15 minutes so it slices clean. Serve.