Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lasagna casserole. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This has all of the same elements of a classic lasagna recipe - meat sauce, cheese sauce and pasta plus more cheese of course, but the process couldn't be easier. Lasagna Casserole has all the elements of the traditional lasagna. It has the noodles, the meat, the cheese, and the sauce but the process is quick and easy!
Lasagna Casserole is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Lasagna Casserole is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lasagna casserole using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lasagna Casserole:
- Make ready 16 oz uncooked pasta, shape is your choice. I use elbow mac, rotini, or penne. If you can find mini lasagna noodles go for it, bow tie works good too
- Prepare 2 cups or so Mozzarella cheese for topping
- Get Sauce
- Take 2 lbs ground meat, personally we like 1/2 beef and 1/2 venison. You could use pork, turkey, sausage, whatever
- Get 1-2 tbsp olive oil, if your meat lacks fat
- Take 1/2 large onion, diced
- Prepare 3-4 cloves minced garlic
- Take to taste Salt and pepper
- Prepare 1 tbsp dried basil, oregano, and parsley
- Take 44 oz jar of pasta sauce, and a little water to rinse out the jar
- Take 6 oz can of tomato paste (optional for more intense tomato flavor)
- Get 1 tbsp cooking sherry
- Take 1-2 tbsp red wine vinegar (cuts the sweetness)
- Take Pinch sugar to bring flavors together
- Get Cheese filling layer
- Take 24 oz cottage cheese or ricotta (full fat tastes best)
- Take 2 eggs
- Get 2 tbsp parsley
- Take 1/2 tsp pepper (use slightly more if coarse ground)
- Get 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- Make ready 8 oz shredded Mozzarella cheese
Serve with a salad and garlic bread. This cheesy crockpot lasagna casserole is packed with all the flavors of traditional lasagna but so much easier to make! No boiling the noodles required, just dump it all in your slow cooker and when. Like traditional lasagna, this casserole also freezes well.
Instructions to make Lasagna Casserole:
- Bring large pot of water to boil, salt water and cook noodles to al dente. Drain and set aside.
- Brown meat, and as meat is getting close to done add in onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Cook until onions are getting translucent, and add herbs (oregano, parsley, and basil). Then add pasta sauce and tomato paste if using. Stir well together, add the vinegar and sherry. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed, add the sugar, then let simmer together for an hour. Watch bottom of pan that it doesn't scorch.
- Heat oven to 375. Put your cheese and two eggs into a bowl, beat together until smooth (important for if you use cottage cheese instead of ricotta, helps smooth out out. Cottage cheese also spreads easier during assembly). Stir in pepper, parsley, and parmesan. Finally mix in Mozzarella cheese.
- Once all your components are assembled, spray a 11x16 casserole pan with cooking spray. You will assemble starting with 1/3 of the noodles, 1/3 of the sauce, and 1/2 of cheese mixture. Repeat the layers, and end with last third of noodles topped with sauce. Finally spread 2 cups of Mozzarella cheese over top of the casserole.
- Cover with foil, bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes, if you want the cheese on top browned and slightly more crispy put under the broiler for a hot minute. Allow to cool for 10 minutes to set up before dishing up. Feed to hungry children and husband!
Cool the baked casserole, wrap either the whole casserole or individual servings in plastic and foil, then freeze for up to three months. Your family will love this lasagna casserole, full of great lasagna flavor with less work! This is an easy weeknight meal that's kid-friendly. Lasagna takes a bit of work to prepare, but it's so worth the effort. Who doesn't love layers of meat This recipe for Spaghetti Squash Lasagna Casserole hits all the markers for a great comfort food.
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