Basic Lasagna Recipe
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
14 cups of tomato or meat sauce, your choice
1 - 1 1/2 pounds lasagna noodles
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
32 oz. ricotta cheese
2 1/2 lb.. Mozzarella cheese
A pinch of dried oregano, thyme, and basil
salt & pepper, to taste
Olive oil to coat the pans
Recipe
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and if you are using standard lasagna
noodles, bring a pot of water to boil to cook them. In a large bowl,
mix
together the eggs, parmesan cheese, and ricotta cheese and season with
salt,
pepper, and spices.
Lightly coat the bottom of each pan with oil ( I like to use spray
olive oil
for this job) and then add a little sauce to coat the bottoms. This is
especially important if you are using the no-boil noodles because the
sauce
will help them cook. There are no hard and fast rules about the order
you
add ingredients, but it's basically adding a layer of pasta, some of
the
ricotta cheese mixture, more sauce, another layer of pasta, some
mozzarella
cheese, some more ricotta cheese mixture, more sauce and so on until
you run
out of ingredients. The ingredients will settle a little bit when you
bake
the lasagna so build right to the top. Make sure you finish with sauce
and
if you have any left over, save it for when you are serving.
Cover each pan with some aluminum foil and bake for about 35 to 45
minutes
until the center of the lasagna is hot, the cheese is melted, the edges
are
crisp, and your kitchen smells heavenly. If you decide to eat the
lasagna
that day, make sure to let it sit for a least 15 minutes to let the
flavors
meld.
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