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Best Classic Lasagna Recipe
The Best Classic Lasagna Recipe - Homemade lasagna full of pasta, ricotta, a homemade meat sauce, and tons of cheese. This is the world's best lasagna recipe!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 463 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Dinner
Cuisine:
Italian , American
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1/2 lb. sweet Italian sausage
- 1 medium onion -chopped
- 2 garlic cloves -minced
- 1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
- 1 (15 oz.) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 (6 oz.) cans tomato paste
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons salt -divided
- 3 teaspoons Italian seasoning -divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves -divided
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley -divided
- 2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese -divided
- 15 oz. (1 3/4 cups) whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese -divided
- 1 large egg
- 12 lasagna noodles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Make the meat sauce. Add beef and sausage to a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon. Add the onion and garlic. Cook until meat is browned, about 6-8 minutes. Drain the fat from the meat. Return the meat to the skillet.
- Add the tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, 2 teaspoons salt, 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon basil, and the black pepper. Stir until well combined. Cover and reduce the heat to low. Simmer the sauce for 30 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the minced parsley.
- As the sauce cooks, make the ricotta mixture. In a large bowl, add 1 cup mozzarella, the ricotta, 1/4 cup parmesan, 2 tablespoons of the parsley, the egg, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, and 1/2 teaspoon basil. Stir until well incorporated.
- Cook the pasta al dente, according to it’s package directions.
- Assemble the lasagna. In a 13x9 inch baking dish, add a very thin layer of meat sauce (about 1/4 cup). Layer 3 lasagna noodles, 1/3 of the ricotta mixture, and 1 1/2 (level) cups of meat sauce. Repeat the layers twice.
- Add a final layer of the remaining noodles, meat sauce, 1 cup mozzarella, and 1/4 cup parmesan.
- Cover with foil that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Bake for 45 minutes. Remove the foil. Bake 15 more minutes.
- Let the lasagna cool for 15-20 minutes before cutting.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1/12th of the recipe
Calories
463kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
36g
(12%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
24g
(37%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
91mg
(30%)
Sodium
1420mg
(59%)
Potassium
812mg
(23%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
1115IU
(22%)
Vitamin C
14.9mg
(17%)
Calcium
274mg
(27%)
Iron
3.7mg
(21%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 463
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1/12th of the recipe | |
| Calories | 463kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 36g | 12% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 91mg | 30% |
| Sodium | 1420mg | 59% |
| Potassium | 812mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 1115IU | 22% |
| Vitamin C | 14.9mg | 17% |
| Calcium | 274mg | 27% |
| Iron | 3.7mg | 21% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.