World’s Best Lasagna
🕒 Recipe Overview
- Prep Time: 30 minutes 🔪
- Cook Time: 2 hours (includes meat sauce simmer) 🍳
- Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes ⏰
- Servings: 12 generous portions 🍽️
🛒 Ingredients You’ll Need
Simple, high-quality ingredients come together to form layers of pure culinary joy:
For the Slow-Simmered Meat Sauce:
- 🥩 1 lb Sweet Italian sausage
- 🥩 ¾ lb Lean ground beef
- 🧅 1 medium Yellow onion, finely chopped
- 🧄 3 cloves Garlic, minced
- 🍅 1 can (28 oz) Crushed tomatoes
- 🍅 2 cans (6 oz each) Tomato paste
- 🍅 2 cans (6.5 oz each) Canned tomato sauce
- 💧 ½ cup Water
- ⚪ 2 tbsp Granulated white sugar
- 🌿 1 ½ tsp Dried basil leaves
- 🌿 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 🧂 1 tsp Salt
- 🧂 ¼ tsp Ground black pepper
- 🌿 4 tbsp Fresh parsley, chopped (divided)
For the Layers & Cheese Filling:
- 🌾 12 Lasagna noodles
- 🥣 16 oz Ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese)
- 🥚 1 large Egg
- 🧂 ½ tsp Salt
- 🧀 ¾ cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 🧀 1 lb (4 cups) Mozzarella cheese, shredded
