mamamia's lasagna

How To Make mamamia's lasagna

• Step 1
  Remove sausage meat from outer casings and chop up the sausage.
• Step 2
  In 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.
• Step 3
  Add sugar, 1 tablespoon salt, basil, fennel, pepper and half the parsley; mix well.
• Step 4
  Add tomatoes, tomato paste and 1/2 cup water; mashing tomatoes with a wooden spoon.
• Step 5
  Bring to boiling; reduce heat; simmer, covered and stirring occasionally until it thickens. (Approximately 1 1/2 hours)
• Step 6
  In a 8-quart kettle, bring 3 quarts water and 1 tablespoon salt to boiling.
• Step 7
  Add lasagna and allow water to return to a boil; uncovered and continue stirring until they are tender.
• Step 8
  Drain and rinse under cold water.
• Step 9
  Dry lasagna on paper towels.
• Step 10
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Step 11
  In medium sized bowl, combine ricotta or cottage cheese, egg, remaining parsley and salt; mix well.
• Step 12
  Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce into a 9x13x2 inch baking dish.
• Step 13
  Layer with 1/2 of the lasagna, lengthwise and overlapping, to cover.
• Step 14
  Spread with half of the ricotta or cottage cheese mixture; top with one-third of mozzarella.
• Step 15
  Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce over cheese; sprinkle with 1/4 cup parmesan.
• Step 16
  Repeat layering, starting with the remaining half of the lasagna and ending with 1 1/2 cups sauce sprinkled with parmesan.
• Step 17
  Spread with remaining sauce; top with rest of mozzarella and parmesan.
• Step 18
  Cover with foil and tuck it around the edges of the baking dish.
• Step 19
  Bake 25 minutes; remove foil; bake uncovered another 25 minutes or until Mamamia\'s Lasagna begins to bubble.
• Step 20
  Cool for 15 minutes prior to serving.
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