Mike's, "They'll Beg You To Make It Again!" Lasagne. .
Mike's, "They'll Beg You To Make It Again!" Lasagne. To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. We can have mike's, "they'll beg you to make it again!" lasagne using 34 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's, "They'll Beg You To Make It Again!" Lasagne:
- Get of Ingredients For Two 9"x12" Pan Lasagnas.
- Get of large White Onion.
- Get of Sweet Italian Sausage Or Regular Italian Sausage (chop meat.
- Prepare of Hamburger Meat (85% 15% mixture and chop meat very fine in.
- Get of Garlic (minced).
- Take of Crushed Tomatoes.
- Get of Tomato Sauce.
- Take of Tomato Paste.
- Make ready of Italian Seasoning.
- Prepare of Fennel Seeds.
- Get of Salt.
- Prepare of White Sugar.
- Get of Black Pepper.
- Take of Fresh Parsley (for meat sauce).
- Take of Cabernet Sauvignon OR Water (or 1/2 and 1/2).
- Take of Bay Leaves (pull these out at the end of simmer).
- Make ready of Quality Ricotta Cheese.
- Prepare of Loosely Packed Fresh Basil (for meat sauce or 3 tbs dried.
- Get of Fresh Eggs (for ricotta mixture).
- Make ready of (Loosely Packed Fresh Basil (for ricotta mixture).
- Make ready of Fresh Parsley (loosely packed-for ricotta mixture).
- Prepare of Salt (for ricotta mixture).
- Get of Nutmeg (for ricotta mixture).
- Prepare of Dried Italian Seasoning (for ricotta mixture).
- Get of large Firm Tomato Diced (topping).
- Prepare of Fresh Parsley (for topping).
- Make ready of Fresh Basil (for topping).
- Prepare of Grated Mozzarella Cheese (room temperature and purchase add.
- Get of Grated Parmesan (room temperature and purchase additional.
- Prepare of Lasagne Noodles (you may end up with extra unused noodles dep.
- Make ready of Spray Pam.
- Get of Spray Pam (or equivalent).
- Prepare of large Electric Skillet.
- Prepare of large Mixing Bowls.
Steps to make Mike's, "They'll Beg You To Make It Again!" Lasagne:
- Spray Lasagna pans with Pam Cooking Spray or equivalent..
- Pull out a large electric skillet or extra large pan and two large mixing bowls..
- DIRECTIONS MEAT SAUCE *Cook Sausage, Lean Ground Beef, (chop both meats up very fine in pan. Also note that this meat mixture shouldn't be a thick layer. use just enough to cover pan and noodle layers) Onion & Garlic over medium heat until well browned. Drain excess oil if any. *Stir in Crushed Tomatoes, Tomato Paste, Tomato Sauce, & 1 cup Red Wine OR 1 cup Water (Or half and half. Don't use a cup of each) Season with Sugar, Basil, Fennel Seeds, Bay Leaves, Italian Seasoning, 2 tbs Salt, Ground Pepper and 8 tbs Parsley. *Simmer covered for about 2 hours. Stir responsibly. NOODLES *Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Or you can simply soak uncooked Lasagne Noodles in a pan of hot water for 20-30 mins, then pull out and set to the side cover.
- Here's an easier tip for Lasagna assembly: If you know how many layers of Lasagna you're going to make (3 or 4 depending upon your pan size) divide every ASSEMBLY INGREDIENT in half or quarters as the recipe calls for. (meat sauce, fresh tomatoes, ricotta mixture, basil, parsley, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses) This way you're not overloading one Lasagna and subtracting from the other..
- *Please, please, please trust me when I say that this dish is exponentially better if made today and allowed to chill covered for 24 hours prior to baking! This recipe also freezes great either cooked or uncooked. Personally, I always make two pans, freeze one immediately and allow the other sit for 24 hours then bake it. However, due to time restraints and unexpected guests arriving, I have been forced to bake both immediately after constructing and it STILL received rave reviews!.
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