Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Lasagna

Lasagna. Lasagne are a type of wide, flat pasta, possibly one of the oldest types of pasta. Lasagne, or the singular lasagna, is an Italian dish made of stacked layers of thin flat pasta alternating with fillings. The ultimate comfort food lasagna, with layers of rich homemade meat sauce, creamy béchamel sauce , noodles , cheese and fresh mozzarella.

This classic lasagna is made with an easy meat sauce as the base. Layer the sauce with noodles and cheese, then bake until bubbly! It is possibly one of the most loved foods in the whole wide world, and There is just something so sentimental about lasagna, so comforting. You can have Lasagna using 10 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lasagna

1. Prepare 1 lb of italian sausage.
2. It's 1 of prego tomato sauce.
3. You need 1 of pepperoni, diced.
4. You need 1 dash of garlic salt.
5. Prepare 1 small of onion, chopped.
6. Prepare 1 of Lasagna noodles- no boil.
7. It's 1 packages of 32oz ricotta cheese.
8. You need 1 1/2 lb of mozzarella cheese.
9. You need 1 cup of diced portobello mushrooms-optional.
10. Prepare 1 dash of cooking spray.

Lasagna noodles need structure—they have a lot of ingredients layered between them!—so they can't be too mushy. Make sure to cook them until they're very al dente; they're ready typically two minutes. Classic Lasagna is great for feeding a crowd, and also freezes well for new mom meals and quick thaw dinners. I've been making lasagna for a long time, and there are quite a few variables to play with.

Lasagna step by step

1. Brown italian sausage, onion, and mushrooms, add garlic salt.
2. When italian sausage is almost done, add pepperoni cook untill slightly crispy and italian sausage is brown..
3. Add prego sauce to pan. Fill jar 1/3 way with water mix to get remaining sauce, add to pan and simmer until warm..
4. Coat bottom of baking dish with a light spray of non stick spray..
5. Add a very thin layer of sauce mix to coat bottom of pan.
6. Place layer of noodles down..
7. Cover noodles with1/3 (depending on how many layers you want) package of ricotta cheese.
8. Spread 1/3 (depending on how many layers you want)of the sauce mixture over noodles and ricotta..
9. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over sauce..
10. Repeat steps 6-9 until you reach desired number of layers. I usually do 2 not counting the top..
11. On the top layer, place noodles, cover with remaining sauce and mozzarella cheese..
12. Cover pan with foil-tent foil.
13. Remove foil and broil on high until cheese is toasted..
14. Bake at 350° for 45-60 min or until noodles are soft..
15. Remove foil and broil on high until cheese is golden.
16. Let sit for 10-15 minutes..

From Italian lasagna (and its plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum ("cooking pot"), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, "trivet or stand for a pot"). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج‎ (lawzīnaj, "almond cake"). Zucchini lasagna is a fresh take on a classic comfort food dish. Add lasagna to one of your lists below, or create a new one. These lasagna recipes (some vegan, others stuffed full of meat and cheese) prove just how much flavor can be stacked between sheets of pasta.