A Quick Guide To Prepare A Great Lasagna Dish

A Quick Guide To Prepare A Great Lasagna Dish

Here are some tips on preparing a great lasagna recipe:

For those who prefer making their own noodles, your lasagna will surely be wonderful and memorable. However, it is almost as good if you’ll use store-bought noodles, and much easier. Do not bother with cooking the noodles – just layer them with sauce when ready. They will cook just fine as it is being baked and you’ll skip the mess of boiling and draining them.

Brown the beef and sausage altogether using a frying pan. Use a spicy sausage if you like it to be spicy, or find one with Italian seasoning. The most preferred way to stir the meat is by breaking it up into small pieces while it is browning, and to use two forks – one in each hand.

Once the meat is browned, drain off as much fat as possible. Turn the burner to low, and stir the browned meat while adding the canned sauce. If you prefer, make your own sauce by adding two cans of tomato sauce, oregano, garlic, and onions. However, it is much easier to control the spices if you’ll use your favorite canned sauce.

While the meat sauce is simmering, put the cottage cheese into a bowl and stir it together with 2 eggs and about 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese. The eggs will help bind the cottage cheese so it won’t appear sloppy when you serve it. Stir these three ingredients together completely and set aside.

If your mozzarella cheese isn’t grated, buy an already grated cheese in a packet or just grate it yourself, into another bowl. Get your baking dish ready by spraying it with a non-stick cooking spray. Arrange your bowls of cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, & meat sauce, near the baking dish. Put them in the same order, as you’ll use them in layering your lasagna to make it smoother.

Start with a thin layer sauce; place the noodles side by side over it, covering it entirely with noodles. Break them up, to fit the ends of baking dish, if necessary. The next layer is the egg and cheese mixture.

Use enough to cover the noodles completely about 1/2 – 3/4 inch thick. Now pour the grated mozzarella, again about 1/2 – 3/4 inch thick. Sprinkle a liberal volume of Parmesan cheese over the mozzarella and start all over with your layers.

You should be able to generate two complete layers on a dish, and topmost layer should be full of cheeses. Put dish in the oven at 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes to an hour, or until the top cheese layer is bubbly and slightly brown. Serve it hot with a nice salad and some garlic bread or put it in the refrigerator to heat up the next day.