My grandma never made me lasagna, but if she did, this is how I believe it would be. Packed full of cheesy ricotta goodness, and lots of sauce, this Grandma’s Lasagna is overflowing with filling. Best served with some crusty garlic bread or breadsticks to sop up all the delicious sauce.
Ingredients:
1 lb italian sausage
1 small onion, diced
2 24 oz cans tomato sauce
24 oz ricotta
2 eggs
1 cup parmesan, grated
¼ cup chopped parsley
¼ cup chopped basil (about 1 .75 oz container)
¼ tsp white pepper
¼ tsp garlic powder
1 box lasagna noodles
4 cups shredded mozzarella
Fresh oregano
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Boil water and cook pasta per box instructions, or use the no-bake lasagna noodles.
Heavily spray a 9×13” baking dish with pan spray.
In a large skillet, fry italian sausage and onions until cooked through, breaking apart into crumbles. Add in tomato sauce.
In a medium bowl, mix together ricotta, eggs, parsley, parmesan, basil, white pepper and garlic powder. Mix well.
To the baking dish, spoon a few spoonfuls of sauce and spread evenly over the bottom of the dish. Layer a single layer of noodles. Spoon about ½ of the ricotta mixture evenly over noodles. Spoon about ⅓ of the sauce mixture over ricotta, smoothing evenly. Sprinkle an even layer of mozzarella on top of the sauce layer. Repeat until baking dish is nearly full*, stopping with a noodle layer (I got about 3 noodle layers and 2 sauce and 2 ricotta). Spoon remaining sauce over the noodle layer and cover with mozzarella. *you may end up with extra noodles
Top with fresh oregano and cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Broil for 5 minutes and let sit for 10-20 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
