Jasmine's Garden and Recipe's: Lasagna with chopped meat

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Lasagna with chopped meat

Today I am making lasagna with ground beef and pork (the meatloaf chopped meat).

I boiled the lasagna noodles in a very large pot adding a little salt and olive oil. Bring to a boil and place each noodle in the pot like an X so they do not lay on top of each other.Press lightly down on the noodles that are sticking up and not into the water yet. When all the noodles are in stir lightly until tender then drain the hot water and add cold water for the noodles to cool down.

Meanwhile brown the chopped meat in a fry pan until cooked and I use the spatula to mince the meat fine.

Take a glass lasagna pan or any pan you have to fit a three strip layer of noodles. Place on the bottom of this pan olive oil and a small layer of pasta sauce (today I used Francesco Rinaldi Original Sauce)
Take a large bowl and add 2lbs of Ricotta Cheese add spices. Sprinkle garlic powder, onion salt, Italian seasoning, parsley my dried from the garden and I also went out side a picked a small handful of fresh parsley too and don't forget the dill mix everything in the ricotta cheese together.

Then start your layer of 3 on the bottom of the pan top of the oil and Sauce side by side.
Small layer of Ricotta Cheese and add on top the brown chopped meat a small portion then a little of pasta sauce .
Remember we have to repeat this process on the next layer and so on until we get to the top layer.
The top layer we add pasta sauce and mozzarella shredded cheese and sprinkle Parmesan cheese or add to your individual plate.
I baked this big guy at 325 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes just to let the cheese melt and heat everything was pre-cooked.