Melissa DiGregorio's Italian Sausage Lasagna

Italian Sausage Lasagna

 

Ingredients:

1 package of Johnsonville Italian ground sausage

12 lasagna noodles

1 medium onion

5 garlic cloves

½ cup of parmesan cheese

2 cups of mozzarella cheese, shredded

1 tsp. dried oregano

2 tbsp. of olive oil

1 large egg

4 cups ricotta cheese

1 jar of marinara sauce

6 basil leaves

2 cups of fresh spinach

 

Cooking Directions:

 

1.     Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook Lasagna noodles until soft. Drain lightly and put aside

2.     In a medium sauce pan, sauté the sausage crumpling with spoon, until no longer pink. Add in onion, garlic and basil and continue sautéing for another 4 minutes until the sausage is cooked through. Add marinara sauce and oregano to the sausage mixture and set aside.

3.     In a medium bowl blend ricotta cheese, egg and half of the parmesan cheese and the chopped spinach. Set aside

4.     Coat a baking dish with olive oil and spread 1 cup of the sauce mixture on the bottom.

5.     Top with 3 lasagna noodles, spread ¼ ricotta cheese mixture on top of the nodes and layer on 1 cup of the sauce mixture, sprinkle mozzarella cheese over this.

6.     Repeat these steps until you have used all of the ingredients.

7.     Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes.

8.     Enjoy! 

This is one of the best Lasagnas I have ever had!