WORLD’S BEST LASAGNA

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I am not Italian. At all. No little, old Italian grandma’s in the kitchen, cooking up vats of gravy, and brasciole, and manicotti, and whatever else it is that Italian and Italian-American grandmas are stereo-typically making.  But I love Italy, and Italian food, though I have to admit that after several trips to Italy, I am a bit spoiled. Italian food here in America just doesn’t quite live up to my expectations anymore.

I’ve made it to to a woman in my mom’s group who just had her third baby.  I’ve made it for my dad to eat while he was babysitting my big guy when he was just a toddler because they both love it. And it makes so much that The Bug and The Hubby even had it reheated a couple nights later for dinner.

Truthfully, that is when I took these pictures. And it still looks yummy, right?! Since it makes so much (and sadly I cannot eat it – boo hoo!), we even have some individual portions still in our freezer.

Ingredients

• 1 pound sweet Italian turkey sausage
• 3/4 pound lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup onion, minced
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
• two 6 ounce cans tomato paste
• two 6.5 ounce cans canned tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds (optional)
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 12 lasagna noodles, regular or no cook. I usually use no cook noodles.
• 16 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 pound mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 3/4 cups grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. In a large Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until cooked through and browned.
2. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water, and stir everything together.
3. Add sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 T salt, pepper, and 2 T parsley, and stir to combine.
4. Simmer, covered, for at least 1½ hours, stirring occasionally. I usually try to simmer for as long as possible.
5. ..........................................

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