How to Bake Easy Lasagna

Makes: one 9 x13 dish

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 1 hour 10 mins

Ingredients needed to make Easy Lasagna:

• One package small, lasagna sheets

For the sauce:

• 1 lb ground Italian sausage
• 1 tsp onion powder
• Two (28 oz) jars spaghetti sauce

For the filling:

• One packaged (15 oz) ricotta cheese
• 1 egg
• 8 oz cottage cheese
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese
• ½ cup parmesan cheese, grated

Cooking instructions for Easy Lasagna:

• Warm up your oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat a skillet over moderate heat and cook the sausage until it browns on either side.
• Sprinkle the onion powder and continue to stir-fry for a couple of minutes.
• Empty the jars of spaghetti sauce into the skillet and bring the mixture to a simmer.
• Season with a dash of salt and lots of black pepper and stir them all together to mix well.
• Reduce the heat and continue to simmer the sauce for about 10-15 minutes over slow flame.
• To cook the filling, toss the ricotta, parmesan and cottage cheese together in a medium mxing bowl and crack the egg into it.
• Stir them all together until they are properly blended into a uniform mixture and set aside.
• Spread about ¾ cup of the sauce across a pre-greased baking dish into an even layer and cover it with few sheets of lasagna.
• Sprinkle half of the cheese filling on top of the lasagna sheets and smother it with more of the prepared sauce.
• Top it up with ¼ cup of the mozzarella cheese and repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used up; reserve a cup of mozzarella for serving.
• Wrap the baking dish with a sheet of aluminum foil and bake at the preheated temperature for about 45 minutes.
• Do away with the foil and spread rest of the mozzarella on top.
• Return it to the oven and continue to bake, uncovered, for another 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and place the baking dish on a wire rack for about 15-20 minutes to cool to some extent.
• Serve warm.

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Last Updated on January 31, 2013 by