Italian Sausage Three Cheese Lasagna

Recipe Keywords:
pastaitaliansausagecheeselasagnamain_dishes
servings: 6
total time:
recipe by: Frankie
Ingredients
- 1 lb Italian sausage
- 12 lasagna noodles
- 1 cup red onion, diced small
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 15 oz ricotta cheese
- 1 lb mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1 cup Asiago cheese, grated
- 30 oz tomato sauce
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 1/2 TBSP oregano
- 2 tsp basil
- 1 tsp parsley
Directions
- In a dutch oven or large saucepan cook the onions and sausage over medium heat, breaking up the sausage into small pieces, until sausage is browned.
- Stir in the minced garlic until fragrant, about 3o seconds.
- Turn heat to low and stir in the tomato sauce, oregano, parsley, 1 tsp of basil, salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. Cover pan and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Cook the lasagna noodles and set aside.
- In a large bowl mix the ricotta, egg, Asiago cheese, remaining 1 tsp basil and remaining 1/2 tsp pepper.
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- In a 9x13 baking pan add a little sauce, just enough to cover the bottom of the pan.
- - COVER WITH 4 LASAGNA NOODLES OVERLAPPING THEM.
- - SPREAD ALL THE RICOTTA MIXTURE EVENLY ON TOP OF THE NOODLES.
- - SPRINKLE 1/3 OF THE MOZZARELLA CHEESE OVER THE RICOTTA MIXTURE.
- - ADD 4 MORE NOODLES ON TOP OF THE MOZZARELLA.
- - SPREAD HALF THE MEAT SAUCE ON THE NOODLES.
- - SPRINKLE HALF OF THE REMAINING MOZZARELLA ON TOP OF THE MEAT SAUCE.
- - PLACE THE REMAINING 4 NOODLES ON THE MOZZARELLA.
- - SPREAD THE REMAINING MEAT SAUCE ON THE NOODLES AND SPRINKLE ON THE REMAINING MOZZARELLA.
- Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until bubbly.