Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, lasagna casserole. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This has all of the same elements of a classic lasagna recipe - meat sauce, cheese sauce and pasta plus more cheese of course, but the process couldn't be easier. This EASY lasagna casserole recipe is cheesy and oh so yummy! Quick and easy lasagna casserole is the best dinner for busy nights.
Lasagna Casserole is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Lasagna Casserole is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to 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 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
- Take 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
- Prepare 1/2 large onion, diced
- Get 3-4 cloves minced garlic
- Prepare 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
- Take 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)
- Take Pinch sugar to bring flavors together
- Take Cheese filling layer
- Make ready 24 oz cottage cheese or ricotta (full fat tastes best)
- Take 2 eggs
- Prepare 2 tbsp parsley
- Take 1/2 tsp pepper (use slightly more if coarse ground)
- Take 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- Make ready 8 oz shredded Mozzarella cheese
Lasagna certainly looks like a casserole, but it's usually associated more with pasta dishes like spaghetti. But would you ever make a lasagna casserole? No, because that would be redundant. Like traditional lasagna, this casserole also freezes well.
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!
Freeze the unbaked casserole in a disposable foil pan, or line your baking dish with foil. This easy Lasagna Casserole has all the flavor of the classic dish but without all the work! This delicious and easy recipe for Lasagna Casserole. Lasagna certainly looks like a casserole, but it's usually associated more with pasta dishes like spaghetti. WATCH: How to Make Italian Green Bean Casserole.
So that is going to wrap it up for this special food lasagna casserole recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I’m confident you will make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
