Food - Lasagne - no boil method and homemade sauce

Lasagne - no boil method and homemade sauce

Ingredients for sauce

1 lb bulk or links of  hot Italian Sausage (can sub hamburger but will need to add more spices)

1/4 cup water or wine (I use white but red is fine)

Finely chopped Onions (optional - so however much you want)

Finely chopped garlic

Chopped peppers (Optional - green or red)

1 large can of Tomato Sauce 12 or 14 oz 

1 can Tomato paste

1-2 tsp. Oregano

1 tsp. Paprika

Salt to taste (sausage is already salty, so no need to add if using sausage)

Pepper to taste

(If you aren’t using sausage, add red pepper flakes or cayenne,)

Ingredients for lasagna

1 package Lasagna noodles - will be enough for 9X13 pan 

1 lb (16 oz.) mozzarella cheese (grated or in blocks - I hate grated because it has cellulose and that causes bloating - so I grate my own. You usually get more too and it’s cheaper to buy in blocks)

16 oz. ricotta - (probably 2 containers) 1 is fine if you don’t like as much ricotta cheese

1 cup parmesan, same on grating it

2 eggs, beaten slightly

1/4 chopped Fresh parsley

Start the sauce first. Brown the meat in larger fry pan or sauce pan. Add the onions, garlic, peppers. Add spices. Move the meat to the side and add the tomato paste to slightly cook it - this helps bring out the tomato flavor. Stir into the meat. Deglaze the pan with wine or water. Stirring up any meat bits from the bottom. Add the tomato sauce and 2 cans of water. 

Sauce will be runny. You need the extra water for the noodles to soak it up and soften. 

Mix the ricotta with the egg and parsley.

Grease the 9x13 dish. Spoon a layer of sauce on the bottom. Place 1 layer of noodles, you may need to break some pieces for the ends. Spread a layer of Ricotta on the noodles, then a layer of mozzarella.

Top with another layer of sauce. 

Repeat the layers.

Finish with a layer of sauce  - you will add that mozzarella later. Add more water if your sauce is too thick

Cover with foil 

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes 

Then remove foil, cover with cheese and bake for 15 minutes more.