Better Homes and Garden Lasagna Recipe

This lasagna is well-reputed in Italian dishes. The demand for this dish is high among common people due to the balanced flavors and easy procedure. This recipe is of great taste. It is worth trying a dish and is simple to make.

This lasagna is rich in flavor with Italian seasoning, mozzarella, ricotta, and delicious sauce. The recipe explained here is responsible for providing you with a flavorful creamy lasagna. The taste of this dish gets enhanced if you serve it with garlic bread or green salad on the side. It is a main course with amazing taste.

You can serve this super creamy delicious item to your guests at a fancy night dinner. It is a handsome delicious treat for your family, if you are even not good at cooking just try this recipe. Every single person will be going to crave your lasagna. You must grab all of your ingredients and try them.

Ingredients

This recipe requires the following ingredients

For making sauce

You will have to make the sauce for this lasagna, in this case, you will need the following ingredients

• Minced garlic 1 large clove
• Salt according to your requirement
• Tomato paste 6 ounces or 2 cans
• Crushed basil leaves 1 tablespoon
• Bulk Italian sausage 1 pound
• Undrained tomato 2 cans about 15 ounces

Ingredients for remaining lasagna

The remaining items you require in making this lasagna include as

• Large beaten eggs 2
• Ramona cheese half a cup or ½ cup of parmesan cheese
• 10 ounces of lasagna noodles, you can use both whether oven-ready or no-boil noodles
• Shredded mozzarella cheese 1 pound
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 3 cups of cottage or ricotta cheese
• Freshly grounded black pepper half a teaspoon
• Snipped fresh parsley ¼ cup

Recipe of Better Homes and Garden Lasagna

The following instructions must be followed by you if you are interested in making this recipe delicious.

1. Put your oven on preheat at a temperature of 375 degrees F. Also, spread the oil on your baking tray.
2. Get a large skillet and put meat in it. Allow your meat to simmer and cook it until the meat is turned brown. Now drain some extra fat from the skillet before the addition of other ingredients.
3. Now after drainage of extra fat add basil leaves, garlic, and salt to it. Cook it for some time then add tomato sauce undrained as well. Cook it for 30 minutes, continue stirring and allow it to simmer.
4. Cook the noodles as prescribed on the package, and drain the excess of water from them. You can also use oven-ready noodles.
5. Now make the cheese mixture, take a bowl and add ricotta, parmesan, salt, pepper, and eggs.
6. Get your pre-greased baking tray and spread a layer of meat sauce at the bottom. Then make a layer of lasagna noodles, and spread some cheese mixture at the top of it.
7. Continue the process of layering in the same pattern, at the top layer spread all of the remaining meat sauce, cheese mixture, and mozzarella.
8. Do not cover it and bake for about 30 minutes, or you can manage the cooking time according to the cheese color. Continue to bake lasagna if the cheese is not brown colored.
9. Allow your lasagna to rest for about 15 minutes, before serving or cutting it into pieces.

Conclusion

This is a worth-trying recipe having an amazing flavor and valuable taste. You do not have to gather ingredients that much, it is not that expensive and is delicious as well. You can modify ingredients according to your taste. You are for sure going to love this lasagna as well if you like to have lasagna treats. It can be refrigerated, so that you can store your remaining dish, and can also pre-make it for some gatherings. It is tempting and craving, you must try this dish as soon as possible.

FAQs

Some major important questions people have regarding this recipe are as followed:

Can I make this dish ahead?

Yes, you can preserve it and make it ahead. Assemble all the ingredients as per instructions, completely wrap your assembled uncooked lasagna in the foil and air-tight container, then put it in your freezer. If you are going to make this dish then add 15 more minutes to the baking time for refrigerated lasagna.

Can you use fresh tomatoes in place of canned ones?

Yes, you can use fresh tomato in this case, just chop them properly in small pieces and mix it with tomato sauce, in my opinion, this will be a good substitution for the diced canned tomatoes.

Give some nutrient information about this lasagna.

The nutrients included in this recipe are Calories: 415kcal, Carbohydrates: 21g, Protein: 25g, Fat: 25g, Saturated Fat: 11g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 102mg, Sodium: 978mg, Potassium: 268mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 521IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 307mg.