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VINNY’S INCREDIBLE LASAGNA




Source of Recipe


Lantz de Contreras/Vinny's Pizza


List of Ingredients




1 box of lasagna noodles
1 carton of mushrooms
1 bag of fresh spinach
5 c pizza cheese
2 c of cottage cheese
6 c of your favorite marinera or pasta sauce
1 c pepperoni
1 c of Italian Sausage
1 t Oregano
1 T Olive oil

Recipe



Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a 9 X 14 rectangle casserole dish with a non stick spray. Generously coat the bottom of the pan with sauce and then neatly position 1 row of 3 or 4 uncooked lasagna noodles; cover completely in sauce and then sprinkle with cheese. Layer spinach, mushrooms, pepperoni to cover noodles. Sprinkle with more cheese and take ¼ cup of cottage cheese and dollop it in the center of the layer. Make another dollop of the same in the corners of the pan and gently spread cottage cheese as far as you can. Do not worry about spreading it far because it will spread out completely as it cooks. Layer with sauce and stack with another row of uncooked noodles. Sauce noodles completely again. Begin another layer until you reach the top of your casserole dish. For the top layer, finish top layer with pasta noodles covered in sauce then cheese. Neatly place pepperoni side by side until it covers the entire dish. Take fresh cut mushrooms and make two rows of mushrooms on the top of the pepperoni. In between the rows of mushrooms place nice chunks of fresh Italian sausage. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of Olive Oil and lightly sprinkle with oregano. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour covered with aluminum foil that has been sprayed with a non stick spray. Remove the top during the last 15 minutes of cooking to allow the cheese to brown on top. Let the dish rest for at least ½ hour. Then serve with salad and garlic buttered toast.

NOTES:
Money Saving Tip: You can buy any pasta noodle for this. DO NOT BUY pasta that is marked “NO BOIL” Lasagna Pasta. This is a marketing ploy to charge you for something you need not be charged for. They are marketing regular every day lasagna as it is a specialized product so they can charge you $2 more a box. Regular Lasagna pasta noodles will be all you will need.

Cooking Tip: The lasagna noodles will need a generous covering of sauce to become soft. The noodles will become soft while cooking covered in sauce.