Prep time: 20-30 minutes

Cook time: 60-70

minutes
Total time: 80-100

Ingredients
Overview
Lasagna of the most traditional, delicious courses in
Italian cuisine. Definitely a family favorite. Despite
looking complicated, it is relatively easy to put
together with very little room for error. Oozing with
globs of cheesy goodness: It is sure to bring many
smiles to the table. Read ahead to learn how to make
the best lasagna possible.

1. Cook the noodles in boiling water

Add a dash of salt and olive oil to the pot right before
you add the noodles and let them cook according to
the time on the back of the box, usually 10-12
minutes. Stir occasionally. When they are done, drain
the water and set aside the noodles to cool.

Fill up a pot with 2/3 water or until the noodles

fit entirely in the pot. Once the water begins to
boil add the noodles to cook.

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1lb ricotta cheese

1lb shredded Mozzarella cheese
1 white onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
36 ounces of premade tomato
sauce
6 ounces tomato paste
(optional)
1 box Lasagna noodles (9-12
noodles)
Grated Parmesan or Romano
cheese, to taste
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups of mozzarella cheese
(for topping)

2. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a

large pan on medium heat

Allow the pan and oil to heat up for

roughly 1-3 minutes or until it
begins to sizzle.

3. Add a diced medium white

onion and 2 cloves of chopped
garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes
until soft and translucent.

This simply means that the

edges of the onions have begun
to turn clear and flexible. At the
point the onions will be partially
cooked.

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5. Add the tomato sauce bring to a

simmer.

Pour your 36 ounces of tomato

sauce, meat and vegetable mixture
and stir well. Raise the heat to
medium until the sauce comes to a
low simmer, when occasional
bubbles break the surface of the
sauce.
This would be a good time to add
any additional spices you want, such
as garlic powder, sugar, or more
4. Add
groundLower
beef the
to the
and
seasoning,.
heatpan
if it is
cooked
till evenly
browned.
bubbling
too much,
you only want a
simmer.
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Mix
the ground
beef
in with
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onions and garlic. Make sure you
delicious
lasagna,
because
stir all the
ingredients
evenly
while cooking on medium heat
until the beef is completely
browned. You can add salt and
crushed black pepper, to taste, as
it cooks if you are interested.

7. Whip your ricotta together with

the beaten egg.
Whip up one egg with a fork and
then mix it in with the ricotta
cheese. Including an egg will help
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the cheese bind with the layers of
pasta. This will keep the lasagna
all together once it is baked.

6. Cook the sauce on a low

simmer for 10 minutes.

Stir it regularly, being sure to get

down to the bottom so that
nothing burns. When you're ready
to build the lasagna, remove the
sauce from heat and let it cool for
another 10 minutes. By letting
the sauce cool down a bit, will
make it easier to handle when
assembling the lasagna.

8. Spoon a thin layer of sauce into

the bottom of a large, oven-safe
dish.

Us a 13x9x2" or 2-quart baking

dish and evenly distribute the
sauce at the bottom of the dish.
This will prevent the bottom layer

9. Lay lasagna noodles over the

entire bottom of the dish.

You should be able to get three-four

noodles vertically layered over the
bottom of the dish overlapping the
sauce. It is better to overlap the
noodles than having gaps between
each noodle.

10. Spoon 1/3 of the ricotta

mixture evenly over the noodles
then Spoon 1/3 of the sauce
over the ricotta.

Spread an even layer of the

ricotta over the tops of the
noodles ensuring that each bite
is oozing with cheese. Get your
filling into the pan, spooning it
generously over the lasagna. It
is important that every layer is
even in density so it all cooks

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11. Top the sauce with a generous

coating of mozzarella.
Coat the top enough that the sauce is
only poking out in a few places
underneath but not too bare. This final
layer of cheese will complete your first
layer of lasagna.

12. Continue layering in this pattern

--noodles, ricotta, sauce, mozzarella-until you run out of noodles.
14. Let the lasagna sit for 10
minutes before serving.

Finally you can take the lasagna

out of the oven. Let your lasagna
settle for ten minutes before
serving. This helps let the layers
from sliding off of one another
when you serve the lasagna.
Enjoy!

13. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 375,

covered with aluminum foil.

Put a sheet of aluminum over the

lasagna prior to putting it in the oven.
This keeps the lasagna from drying
out. The cheese will be able to melt inbetween the layers. After 30-40
minutes of cooking you can remove
the foil for the last 5 minutes to brown
and bubble the cheese on top.

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The top and final layer should be

mozzarella. Just keep layering your
lasagna until you have used up all your
cheese, noodles sauce. It is important
that each layer is assembled evenly so it
all cooks throughout. Top your lasagna
with a sprinkling grated Parmesan or
Romano cheese before putting in the
oven.

In this how to you learned how to make delicious lasagna in just 14

easy steps. I hope you enjoy your delicious family dinner!

How to make lasagna