New Best Recipe Hearty Meat Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 6 medium garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lb meat (ground veal and ground lamb or ground beef, ground veal, and ground lamb)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomato puree
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 15 ounces whole milk or 15 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese
• 2 1/2 ounces parmesan cheese, grated
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaf
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 12 no-boil lasagna noodles
• 1 lb whole-milk mozzarella cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 adjust oven rack to middle position and pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 for the sauce: pre-heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. add onion. cook until translucent. add garlic, cook until fragrant, or about 30 seconds.
• 3 increase heat to medium high. add meat, salt and pepper. cook until meat is no longer a raw color, but not browned.
• 4 add the cream and simmer until the liquid is about halved.
• 5 add the pureed and diced tomatoes. bring to a simmer until flavors are blended. about 20 minutes.
• 6 for the layers:.
• 7 mix the ricotta, 1 cup of the parmesan, the basil, egg, salt, pepper in a medium bowl and mix with a fork until creamy and well combined.
• 8 smear the entire bottom of a 13x9 inch baking dish with 1/4 cup of the sauce. place 3 noodles on top of the sauce. drop 3 t. onto each of the noodles and smear with the back of a spoon.
• 9 sprinkle 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese over the ricotta mixture. spoon 1 1/2 cups of the meat sauce over the cheese mixture. top with 3 more noodles. continue this process 2 more times.
• 10 place the remaining 3 noodles on the sauce, spread with remaining sauce, sprinkle remaining cheese, and parmesan.
• 11 cover with foil and bake 15 minutes.
• 12 remove foil and bake 25 minutes.
• 13 remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes.