Italian Lasagna
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
12
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Ingredients for - Italian Lasagna

1. Bacon, diced - 9 thick slices
2. Onion, chopped - 1 medium
3. Tomato sauce - 2 (28 ounce) cans
4. Italian seasoning - 1 ½ teaspoons
5. Fennel seed - 1 teaspoon
6. Dried oregano - 1 teaspoon
7. Italian sausage links - 2 pounds
8. Part-skim ricotta cheese - 2 pints
9. Milk - ⅓ cup
10. Eggs - 2 large
11. Chopped fresh parsley - 2 teaspoons
12. Dried oregano - 1 teaspoon
13. Uncooked lasagna noodles - 1 (16 ounce) package
14. Provolone cheese - 8 slices
15. Shredded mozzarella cheese - 6 cups

How to cook deliciously - Italian Lasagna

1. Stage

Make the sauce: Brown bacon and onion in a large pan over medium heat until bacon is crisp and onion is translucent, 7 to 9 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, fennel seed, and oregano. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until thick, 4 to 6 hours.

2. Stage

Cook the sausage: When the sauce is almost ready, brown sausage links in a large skillet. Drain on paper towels and cut into 1-inch pieces.

3. Stage

Make the lasagna: Mix ricotta cheese, milk, eggs, parsley, and oregano together in a medium bowl.

4. Stage

Spread 1 cup sauce over the bottom of a 9x13-inch pan. Layer with 1/3 of the lasagna noodles, 1/2 of the ricotta mixture, 1/2 of the sausage pieces, 2 cups mozzarella, 4 slices provolone, and 1/3 of the sauce. Repeat layers once more, then top with remaining noodles. Spread remaining sauce over noodles and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours.