nana's lasagna..with my twist

Name: Nana's Lasagna..with my twist
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: - 2 boxes lasagna noodles, cooked al dente and drained and seperated; - your favorite red sauce (if i am making it last minute i use hunts spaghetti sauces mixed together..2 cans of each garlic and onion, garlic and herb, sausage, garlic and basil,four cheese); - 1-32oz container of ricotta cheese and 1/2 of another; - 2 blocks of muenster cheese; - 3-16 oz bags of shredded whole milk mozzerella; - parmesian and romano cheeses grated; - 1-2 eggs; - salt pepper and oregano; - 3 lbs ground beef, chuck or sirloin; - salt pepper garlic powder minced onion cumin all seasoning and badia complete seasoning

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Deneece Gursky

Miami, FL

Updated on May 5, 2011

Nana's lasagna was the best I ever tasted. The cheeses she used tasted incredible together and noone else i knew used the same blend. But then I started making Nana's lasagna and decided it might just be better with some seasoned beef. (Nana didnt put meat in it) so I added some beef, seasoned to perfection and yummy..Nana's lasagna got kicked up a notch..even she thought so : ) So here is Mine and Nana's Best Ever Lasagna! You're really gonna love it. I make mine in a huge roasting pan cause I have a big family and they love it left over but you can make it in a regular lasagna pan

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Ingredients

- 2 boxes lasagna noodles, cooked al dente and drained and seperated
- your favorite red sauce (if i am making it last minute i use hunts spaghetti sauces mixed together..2 cans of each garlic and onion, garlic and herb, sausage, garlic and basil,four cheese)
- 1-32oz container of ricotta cheese and 1/2 of another
- 2 blocks of muenster cheese
- 3-16 oz bags of shredded whole milk mozzerella
- parmesian and romano cheeses grated
- 1-2 eggs
- salt pepper and oregano
- 3 lbs ground beef, chuck or sirloin
- salt pepper garlic powder minced onion cumin all seasoning and badia complete seasoning

How To Make nana's lasagna..with my twist

Step 1

Put ground meat in a large fry pan on medium heat and season with all ingredients except oregano. Include just a dash of cumin and some parmesian and romano cheeses. Cook till browned thru and add seasoning to taste.

Step 2

In a bowl place ricotta and egg, sprinkle with salt pepper and oregano. In seperate bowl shred muenster cheese.
Step 3

In large roasting pan add a few ladles of sauce, then layer lasagna noodles one over lapping the other a bit until bottom is covered.
Step 4

Top this with a thin layer of sauce,sprinkle with ground meat mixture, add ricotta cheese by teaspoonfuls about an inch apart from each other, now add a layer of shredded mozzerella and a layer of shredded muenster.Now sprinkle with romano and parmesian, top with a drizzling of sauce over entire layer.
Step 5

Repeat with another layer of noodles, meat and cheeses as before. continue to top of pan ending with a layer of noodles followed sauce and then grated cheeses (top layer wont have ricotta or meat)
Step 6

Like I said my pan is huge and I get five layers. You will have to experiment with a smaller pan and may quite possibly get to lasagnas : ) But hey its freezable.
Step 7

Cover with tented tinfoil and place on a baking sheet to catch sauce and cheese that spills over, place in preheated oven (350 degrees) I usually bake mine for about an hour (Bake till sauce is bubbly and cheese is melted)
Step 8

Serve with my watercress salad and some garlic bread. and enjoy!!
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