Company Lasagna

Ground Beef, Cheese
Meals
2 - 8 x 10 casseroles
30 mins
Meat Sauce 2 hours, lasagna 45 mins.
lasagna, hamburger, cheese, healthy
 0   0   0   0 
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 lb ground pork
  • 5 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 10 oz white mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 can, 398 ml tomatoes sauce
  • 1 can tomatoe paste
  • 1 can, 796 ml diced tomatoes
  • 1 can, 680 ml  pasta sauce (any flavour I use romano cheese and basil)
  • 1 T Italian spice
  • 2 teaspoons oregano spice
  • 2 Tablespoons dried parsley flakes
  • 2 bay leaves
  • salt & pepper
  • 1 cup cottage cheese
  • 1 10 oz package frozen spinach, thawed
  • 1/4 cup parmesan cheese,  grated
  • 1 egg, whisked
  • 4 cups, mozzeralla cheese, grated
  • 3/4 cup water or wine
  • Lasagna Noodles, cooked a le dente

Pre-Assembly

  1. In a heavy fry pan take oil, saute onion, mushrooms and minced garlic, until onion is translucent. Put in a dutch oven;
  2. Fry your ground meat, drain fat and add to your large pot;  After last batch add 1/2 cup of wine or warer  to pan to deglaze, adding this to your pot;
  3. Add tomatoe sauce, paste, diced tomaroes, pasta sauce, italian spice, oregano; parsley flakes; salt and pepper. Stir,Bring to a boil and lower heat; add your bay leaves and simmer for  1 & 1/2 hours  uncovered.
  4. Cook your Lasagna Noodles.
  5. Mix in a small bowl cottage cheese, chopped spinach, egg and parm, salt and pepper

Assemble Lasagna In Your Two Pans

  • Meat Sauce - 3/4
  • Cheese  - 1/3
  • Pasta - 1 layer
  • Cottage cheese mixture 
  • Pasta - 1 layer
  • Meat Sauce - 1/4
  • Cheese - 1/3

Bake Lasgna

  1. Bake at 400 degrees, for 3/4 to 1 hour. Cheese should be brown and sauce bubbling up the sides.
  2. Let sit 10 mins before serving
  1. Fry meat in small batches at med high heat so it browns (Feb 16, 2019)