Beef / Pork

Three Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage is for Dinner.

Three Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage takes 60 minutes to prepare.

Three Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage takes 135 minutes to cook.

Three Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Three Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage are:

Sauce:
1 T Olive Oil
1 C Onion, chopped
3/4 C Carrots, peeled and finely chopped
2 T Garlic, minced
8 oz Lean Ground Beef
6 oz spicy Italian Sausages, casings removed
1 28-oz can Crushed Tomatoes with added puree
1/4 C Tomato Paste
1/4 C Fresh Basil, chopped
1 T Golden Brown Sugar, packed
1 T Dried Oregano
1 Bay Leaf
1/2 tsp Dried Crush Red Pepper

Lasagna:
15 Lasagna Noodles [about 12 oz]
2 15-oz containers Part-Skim Ricotta Cheese
1 C Parmesan Cheese, grated [about 3 oz]
1 10-oz package frozen chopped Spinach, thawed, drained, squeezed dry
2 Large Eggs
4 3/4 C Mozzarella Cheese, grated [about 1 1/4 pounds]

Here is how you make Three Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage:

For Sauce: Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and garlic, saut? until softened, about 12 minutes. Add beef and sausages to pan; saut? until cooked through, breaking up meat with back of spoon, about 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until flavors blend and sauce measures about 5 cups, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Cool.For Lasagna: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water until almost tender, about 7 minutes. Drain; cover with cold water.Combine ricotta and 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese in medium bowl. Mix in spinach. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix in eggs.Drain pasta and pat dry. Spread 1/2 cup sauce over bottom of 13x9-inch glass baking dish. Place 5 noodles over sauce, overlapping to fit. Spread half of ricotta-spinach mixture evenly over noodles. Sprinkle 2 cups mozzarella cheese evenly over ricotta-spinach mixture. Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce over cheese, spreading with spatula to cover [sauce will be thick]. Repeat layering with 5 noodles, remaining ricotta-spinach mixture, 2 cups mozzarella and 1 1/2 cups sauce. Arrange remaining 5 noodles over sauce. Spread remaining sauce over noodles. Sprinkle remaining 3/4 cups mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese evenly over lasagna. [Can be prepared up to 1 day ahead. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate.] Cover baking dish with aluminum foil. Bake lasagna 40 minutes; uncover and base until hot and bubbly, about 40 minutes. Let lasagna stand 15 minutes before serving.Serving Size: 12 medium squaresNumber of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TJVARNADOE.

The nutritional information for Three Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 517.5

• Total Fat: 25.8 g
• Cholesterol: 107.9 mg
• Sodium: 732.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 37.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.9 g
• Protein: 34.2 g

Three Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage is Italian cuisine.