LASAGNA
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1 medium onion chopped
3 tbs. olive oil
1½ lbs. lean ground beef
½ lb. Italian sausage (remove meat from casings....the skin stupid!!)
1 clove garlic
2 cans (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 can (6 oz.) tomato paste
½ cup dry red wine
½ cup water
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
½ tsp. sugar
12-16 lasagna noodles
2 cups (1 lb.) ricotta cheese
8 oz. mozzarella cheese thinly sliced
½ cup grated parmesan cheese

Sauce
In a wide frying pan, cook onion in oil until limp; add ground beef, sausage and garlic; continue cooking until meat is brown and crumbly. Spoon off and discard excess fat. Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste, wine, water, salt, pepper, oregano, and sugar. Cover and simmer for 1½ hours.

Place lasagna noodles in a large pot of boiling, salted water and cook according to package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water. Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish and then spread a thin layer of sauce over the bottom. Arrange half of the noodles in an even layer over sauce. Spread 1/3 sauce over noodles. Dot with 1/3 ricotta cheese and1/3 mozzarella cheese. Repeat layering 2 or more times. Sprinkle top with parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered in 350° oven for 40-50 minutes.