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Italian Lasagna
 
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Minutes
Ready In: 31 Minutes
Servings: 12
This is my daughter's favorite recipe. It was on back of an American Beauty Lasagna noodle box over ten years ago, and I've been using it ever since I found it.
Ingredients:
9 lasagna noodles
1 lb italian sausage
1/2 lb ground beef
1 cup onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, broken up
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1 egg, beaten
1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup ripe olives, sliced
1 lb mozzarella cheese, grated
3/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Directions:
1. Prepare lasagna noodles according to package directions.
2. Drain.
3. Cook Italian sausage and ground beef; drain excess fat.
4. Add onion and garlic.
5. Stir and cook 5 minutes.
6. Add next 7 ingredients and simmer 20 minutes.
7. Combine egg, ricotta, parsley and salt in small bowl.
8. In bottom of a 9x13-inch pan, spoon about 1 1/2 cups meat sauce.
9. Layer 1/3 of the lasagna, 1/3 the meat sauce, 1/3 the ricotta, 1/3 the sliced olives, 1/3 the Mozzarella and 1/3 the Parmesan.
10. Repeat layering.
11. Cover with foil.
12. Bake in a 375° oven for 25 minutes.
13. Remove foil and bake uncovered 25 minutes longer.
14. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.
By RecipeOfHealth.com