ricotta-less sweet sausage lasagna
There is so much cheese in this lasagna that you don't miss the ricotta.
prep time
20 Min
cook time
2 Hr 30 Min
method
Bake
yield
8 serving(s)
Ingredients
- SAUCE
- 2 medium onion, rough chop
- 2 medium carrots, rough chop
- 8 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 sweet Italian sausage, casing removed
- salt
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 cans crushed tomatoes (28 oz each)
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- LASAGNA
- 16 sheets dry lasagna noodles
- salt
- 2 pounds sliced mozzarella cheese
- 4 cups grated Parmesan cheese
- 20 sprigs basil leaves removed and chopped
How To Make ricotta-less sweet sausage lasagna
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Step 1Place the onions, carrots, and garlic in a food processor and process to a paste.
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Step 2Add some olive oil to a Dutch oven and brown the paste for about 20 minutes. Season with salt.
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Step 3Add the sausages in and break them up, adding more salt, and cook until no longer pink.
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Step 4Add the white wine and bring to a boil. Let most of the wine evaporate.
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Step 5Add the tomatoes, red pepper flakes, sugar, and tomato paste. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer, and simmer for about 1 hour. Taste and adjust for salt.
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Step 6Place the lasagna noodles in a large pot of water heavily salted and brought to a boil. Cook about 10 minutes. Drain.
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Step 7When the sauce is done. Start layering. You will need a large 9 by 15 deep baking pan. Place a little sauce in the bottom of the pan. Add 4 lasagna noodles, top with 1/4 of the mozzarella slices, 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese, then some sauce.
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Step 8Repeat the layering 3 more times.
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Step 9Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Cover the lasagna with foil. Bake 30 minutes, then remove the foil and bake another 10 minutes.
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Step 10Let it sit for 30 minutes before cutting to serve.
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