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Traditional Lasagna Recipe with Ricotta Cheese

Explore this traditional lasagna recipe which is one of the best and easy lasagna recipes with ricotta cheese! When my pals first tasted this delight, they were totally over it, and this classic homemade lasagna became a thing of their heart! All of my pals were highly impressed by this recipe as well as with my cooking arts! And since then, this rich, creamy and cheesy lasagna has been thrilling my all occasions! This classic lasagna recipe is simple, straightforward and easy to make, yet it will help you get the loveliest compliments for your cooking!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 41 minutes
Servings: 12 Servings
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 465
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound Ground beef
  • 3/4 pound Bulk pork sausage
  • 3 cans (8 ounces each) tomato sauce
  • 2 cans (6 ounces each) Tomato paste
  • 2 minced Garlic cloves
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
  • 3 large sized Eggs
  • 3 tablespoons, minced Fresh parsley
  • 3 cups 4% Small-curd cottage cheese
  • 1 cup Ricotta cheese
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 9 cooked and well-drained Lasagna noodles
  • 6 slices Provolone cheese
  • 3 cups Shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Method
 

  1. Take a large-sized skillet and keep it on medium heat flame. Crumble beef and sausage, cook both together until no longer pink; drain it well. After that, pour the next seven ingredients. Give a light boil to it. Decrease the heat; simmer it, uncover it, and keep it for 1 hour, stir it at regular intervals. Add the seasonings along with the pepper and salt as per your taste.
  2. Meanwhile, gently beat the eggs in a large-sized bowl. Pour some parsley; add the ricotta, cottage cheese and Parmesan cheese.
  3. Get the oven ready by preheating it to 375°. Take an ungreased baking dish of 13x9-inch and roll on 1 cup of meat sauce. Layer it with provolone cheese, noodles, 2 cups of cottage cheese blend, three noodles, 1 cup of mozzarella, 2 cups of meat sauce, 1 cup mozzarella and leftover cottage cheese mix. Also, pour the leftover noodles, mozzarella and meat sauce on it.
  4. Cover it up and for 50 minutes, bake it well. After that, uncover it; bake it until it gets heated thoroughly, or for 20 minutes. Give it the rest of 15 minutes before slicing it.

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