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 cheeseSauce
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.
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