Lasagna Casserole. The Taste You'll Love To Serve With Classico Pasta Recipes. Top with beef mixture and spaghetti sauce (dish will be full). Add penne pasta and cook according to package instructions until al dente (firm to the bite).
Mix crushed tomatoes with diced tomatoes, browned ground beef, and Italian seasoning. This Lazy Lasagna Casserole is a no-fuss way to satisfy your craving for lasagna. Bake it after assembling or freeze it for an easy meal on a busy day.
Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lasagna casserole. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The Taste You'll Love To Serve With Classico Pasta Recipes. Top with beef mixture and spaghetti sauce (dish will be full). Add penne pasta and cook according to package instructions until al dente (firm to the bite).
Lasagna Casserole is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Lasagna Casserole is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lasagna casserole using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lasagna Casserole:
- {Make ready 16 oz of 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.
- {Make ready 2 cups of or so Mozzarella cheese for topping.
- {Prepare of Sauce.
- {Get 2 lbs of ground meat, personally we like 1/2 beef and 1/2 venison. You could use pork, turkey, sausage, whatever.
- {Make ready 1-2 tbsp of olive oil, if your meat lacks fat.
- {Make ready 1/2 of large onion, diced.
- {Prepare 3-4 cloves of minced garlic.
- {Take to taste of Salt and pepper.
- {Get 1 tbsp of dried basil, oregano, and parsley.
- {Take 44 oz of jar of pasta sauce, and a little water to rinse out the jar.
- {Get 6 oz of can of tomato paste (optional for more intense tomato flavor).
- {Prepare 1 tbsp of cooking sherry.
- {Get 1-2 tbsp of red wine vinegar (cuts the sweetness).
- {Prepare Pinch of sugar to bring flavors together.
- {Prepare of Cheese filling layer.
- {Get 24 oz of cottage cheese or ricotta (full fat tastes best).
- {Prepare 2 of eggs.
- {Make ready 2 tbsp of parsley.
- {Take 1/2 tsp of pepper (use slightly more if coarse ground).
- {Make ready 1/2 cup of grated parmesan.
- {Make ready 8 oz of shredded Mozzarella cheese.
When I say no-fuss I really mean it. This tasty pasta casserole makes use of pantry staples and unlike traditional lasagna, it's really quick to put together. Top with beef mixture and spaghetti sauce (dish will be VERY full). Add the ricotta cheese and the sauce, and toss to coat.
Steps 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 11×16 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!.
Transfer pasta to a casserole dish and top with Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Toss together a green salad while the casserole's in the oven to serve alongside. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Mexican lasagna makes great leftovers, too! You can even serve it with eggs for breakfast.
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