Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lasagna casserole. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Lasagna Casserole is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Lasagna Casserole is something which I have loved my whole life.
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). How to make Quick and Easy Lasagna Casserole: Brown ground beef and onion until no longer pink.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook lasagna casserole using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lasagna Casserole:
- Prepare 16 oz 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
- Get 2 cups or so Mozzarella cheese for topping
- Prepare Sauce
- Prepare 2 lbs ground meat, personally we like 1/2 beef and 1/2 venison. You could use pork, turkey, sausage, whatever
- Take 1-2 tbsp olive oil, if your meat lacks fat
- Take 1/2 large onion, diced
- Take 3-4 cloves minced garlic
- Get to taste Salt and pepper
- Take 1 tbsp dried basil, oregano, and parsley
- Prepare 44 oz jar of pasta sauce, and a little water to rinse out the jar
- Get 6 oz can of tomato paste (optional for more intense tomato flavor)
- Take 1 tbsp cooking sherry
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp red wine vinegar (cuts the sweetness)
- Get Pinch sugar to bring flavors together
- Get Cheese filling layer
- Make ready 24 oz cottage cheese or ricotta (full fat tastes best)
- Take 2 eggs
- Prepare 2 tbsp parsley
- Get 1/2 tsp pepper (use slightly more if coarse ground)
- Get 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- Take 8 oz 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.
Instructions 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 11x16 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!
Top with beef mixture and spaghetti sauce (dish will be VERY full). Add the ricotta cheese and the sauce, and toss to coat. 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.
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