You don't have to boil them. I know they make no boil noodles, but I always found it to taste starchy or pasty. This didn't. I think its because the 15 minutes of soaking in hot water released some of the starch.
| Lasagna |
|
| 1 lb of sweet Italian sausage 1 lb of ground beef 1/2 cup of chopped onions 2 cloves of garlic chopped 1 (28 oz) can of crushed tomatoes 2 (8 oz) cans of tomato sauce 2 (6 oz) cans of tomato paste 1/2 cup of Water 2 T white sugar 1 tsp fennel seed 2 tsp fresh basil leaves chopped |
4 tablespoons fresh Italian parsley chopped, divided 1 tsp salt (optional) 1 tsp Italian Seasoning 1/2 tsp ground pepper 23 oz of ricotta cheese 1/2 tsp fresh grated nutmeg 1 egg 1 lb shredded mozzarella cheese 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese 12 lasagna noodles |
|
Brown the ground beef, Italian sausage, onions and garlic in a pot at med low heat. It takes about 6 to 9 minutes to brown the meat. Add the following: tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, 1/2 cup of water. Gently stir this into the cooking meat. Add the following: white sugar, fennel seed, basil, 2 T Italian parsley, salt, Italian Seasoning, ground pepper. Gently stir these seasoning into the sauce. Cover the pot and let the meat sauce simmer. Simmer on low heat for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Soak 12 lasagna noodles. The lasagna noodles need to be soaked in hot tap water for 15 minutes. While the noodles are soaking you can make the cheese filling. Put the following in a mixing bowl: ricotta cheese, nutmeg. Add the following: 1 egg, 2 T Italian parsley. Mix these ingredients together with a spoon. Now we start building the lasagna layers. Use a 9×13 inch baking pan. Spread 1-2 cups of meat sauce on the bottom of the pan. Remove your lasagna noodles out of the water bath. Shake water off wet noodles. Lay 6 noodles across the layer of sauce. Spread half of the ricotta cheese mixture over the layer of noodles. Spread 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese over the ricotta layer. Sprinkle half of the Parmesan cheese over the mozzarella layer. Spread 1-2 cups of meat sauce over the cheese layer. Lay down the next layer of noodles. Spread the remaining ricotta mixture over noodles. Spread the mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses saving some cheese for the top of the lasagna. Put the last layer of meat sauce on the cheeses. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top. Cover with foil. Bake in preheated oven at 350 for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered for another 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for approximately 15 minutes. Serves 12 |
|
I was watching the Food Netwrok a few months ago and they had a feature on Bove’s Italian Restaurant and how they made their lasagna. I seached on the internet and found their site and ordered their lasagna noodles, sauce, and the meatballs they use in the lasagna. Boy.....was it good....
The recipe sounds wonderful!
I don’t bother with the no-boil type noodles, nor do I bother to boil the other ones. I just put them in the pan and the liquid from the sauce does all the work :)