Meatball Lasagna

The summertime earlier my starting fourth dimension yr of college I worked at a picayune Italian bistro inward Lexington called the Bistro on Main.  The produce was an former schoolhouse American-Italian adult woman (think Tony's Aunt on Who's the Boss) that had actually non bad recipes.  One of her specialties was her lasagna.  It seemed similar it took days - a huge process.  She started past times making a huge batch of meatballs, as well as then she crumbled those inward betwixt the layers of pasta as well as cheese, as well as then she served it topped amongst a ladle of cherry-red sauce.  I loved the texture as well as the flavor that the meatball mixture gave to the lasagna.



I created this lasagna recipe amongst that persuasion inward mind, but fewer steps.  It is to a greater extent than or less a basic lasagna recipe, but I added staff of life crumbs to the meat mixture, along amongst tomato plant glue to hand a sturdy (not certain if that is the right way to describe...?) meat mixture - similar to a meatball.  If you lot accept extra unloose energy (or about cherry-red sauce stock piled inward the freezer) past times all means, serve a ladle of cherry-red sauce over the top.



This is Mike's novel favorite - I've been stocking our freezer, making extra batches of dinner each night.  I take away about to a greater extent than inspiration for freezer meals equally nosotros approach the busy Valentine's flavor for the store... ideas please!

Meatball
Lasagna
serves 8-10


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ii tablespoons of olive crude oil
1 loving cup white onion, minced
iii pounds of terra firma beef
half dozen cloves of garlic
1 - xvi oz. tin give the axe of tomato plant paste
1 tablespoon body of body of water tabular array salt
1 tablespoon dried italian herbs
1/4 teaspoon cherry-red pepper flakes
1/2 loving cup of fresh staff of life crumbs
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ii - 8 ounce blocks of mozzarella
xx ounces of cottage cheese
1/2 loving cup of grated parmesan (or grana padano)
...
ane box of lasagna noodles

Begin past times bringing a large pot of salted H2O to a boil.

To brand the meat mixture, inward a large saute pan, produce onions inward olive crude oil for 3-4 minutes, until soft.  Add beef as well as produce until browned.  Add garlic as well as produce for 1 to a greater extent than minute.  Add seasoning as well as spices - stir to combine.  Add tomato plant paste, stirring good to combine.  Add a affect of H2O to loosen, if necessary.

Make fresh breadcrumbs inward the nutrient processor - nearly 2-3 pieces.  Add staff of life crumbs to the meat mixture.  Remove from heat.

Meanwhile, add together the pasta to the boiling H2O as well as produce merely brusk of directed time.

Next, brand cheese mixture.  Shred the mozzarella cheese.  In a large mixing bowl, combine mozzarella, cottage cheese as well as parmesan.

Assemble the lasagna inward a large baking dish.  Start past times putting a sparse layer of the meat mixture on the bottom. Add a layer of noodles. Next, add together 1/3 of the meat mixture, as well as then 1/3 of the cheese mixture. Top amongst a layer of pasta, as well as then repeat ii to a greater extent than times, ending amongst a layer of cheese.




Bake at 350 for 45-1 hour, depending on size of pan.  Remove from oven as well as allow sit down for xv minutes earlier cutting.  Best if made the solar daytime earlier as well as reheated.

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