mamamia's lasagna
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Ingredients For mamamia's lasagna
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3/4 lbground beef
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3/4 lbricotta or cottage cheese
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1/2 tspsalt
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1egg
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15 ozricotta or cottage cheese
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12lasagna noodles
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1 Tbspsalt
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12 oztomato paste
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4 ctomatoes, undrained
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1/2 cchopped parsley
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1/2 tspfennel seed
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2 tspbasil leaves, crushed
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2 tspground black pepper
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1 Tbspsalt
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2 Tbspsugar
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2garlic cloves, crushed
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1/2 conion, chopped
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1 lbitalian sausage, hot/sweet
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3 ozgrated parmesan cheese
How To Make mamamia's lasagna
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1Remove sausage meat from outer casings and chop up the sausage.
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2In a 5-quart dutch oven and over medium heat, saute sausage, beef, onion and garlic; stir frequently until both sausage and beef are well browned.
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3Add sugar, 1 tablespoon salt, basil, fennel, pepper and half the parsley; mix well.
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4Add tomatoes, tomato paste and 1/2 cup water; mashing tomatoes with a wooden spoon.
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5Bring to boiling; reduce heat; simmer, covered and stirring occasionally until it thickens. (Approximately 1 1/2 hours)
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6In a 8-quart kettle, bring 3 quarts water and 1 tablespoon salt to boiling.
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7Add lasagna and allow water to return to a boil; uncovered and continue stirring until they are tender.
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8Drain and rinse under cold water.
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9Dry lasagna on paper towels.
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10Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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11In medium sized bowl, combine ricotta or cottage cheese, egg, remaining parsley and salt; mix well.
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12Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce into a 9x13x2 inch baking dish.
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13Layer with 1/2 of the lasagna, lengthwise and overlapping, to cover.
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14Spread with half of the ricotta or cottage cheese mixture; top with one-third of mozzarella.
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15Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce over cheese; sprinkle with 1/4 cup parmesan.
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16Repeat layering, starting with the remaining half of the lasagna and ending with 1 1/2 cups sauce sprinkled with parmesan.
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17Spread with remaining sauce; top with rest of mozzarella and parmesan.
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18Cover with foil and tuck it around the edges of the baking dish.
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19Bake 25 minutes; remove foil; bake uncovered another 25 minutes or until Mamamia\'s Lasagna begins to bubble.
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20Cool for 15 minutes prior to serving.
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