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

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