Raf's Lasagna
By jadilman
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This recipe makes 12 servings
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- Preparation time: 1 hours
- Cook time : 45 minutes
- Total time : PT1H45M
A friend of my mother's gave me this recipe years ago and it is the only lasagna I make because it so good. She was an excellent Italian cook and recently passed away. I thank her for her recipe and hope others will enjoy it as much as I do.
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 lb pork sausage meat 1-1/2 1-1/2lb lbpork sausage meat
- 1 tsp dried Italian seasoning 1 1tsp tspdried Italian seasoning
- 1 clove garlic 1 1clove garliccloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp basil 1 1tbsp tbspbasil
- 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 1/2tsp tspsalt
- 1 can (19 oz) canned plum tomatoes 1 1can (19 oz) can (19 oz)canned plum tomatoplum tomatoes
- 2 cans (5-1/2 oz) tomato paste 2 2cans (5-1/2 oz) cans (5-1/2 oz)tomato paste
- 3 cups cottage cheese 3 3cups cupscottage cheese
- 1/2 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese 1/2 1/2cup cupgrated fresh Parmesan cheese
- 2 tbsp dried parsley 2 2tbsp tbspdried parsley
- 2 beaten eggs 2 2beaten eggeggs
- 1 tsp salt 1 1tsp tspsalt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper 1/2 1/2tsp tspfreshly ground pepper
- 1 lb mozzarella cheese , sliced1 1lb lbmozzarella cheese, sliced
- 12 regular lasagna noodles 12 12regular lasagna noodles
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese 1/4 1/4cup cupgrated parmesan cheese
Preparation
Lay lasagna noodles in 9X13 pan and cover with hot tap water to soak. Brown sausage meat slowly, add garlic, basil, salt and italian seasoning. Spoon off fat and add plum tomatos and tomato paste. Simmer 30 minutes. In bowl, combine cottage cheese, parmesan, parsley, eggs, salt and pepper. Remove noodles from water and dry dish. Oil the dish with olive oil and lay one layer of noodles, 1/2 of cottage cheese mixture, layer of mozzarella and layer of meat sauce. Repeat all layers and top with extra parmesan cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before slicing.
Source : jadilman