WORLD’S BEST LASAGNA RECIPE

World’s best lasagna recipe is right here! The quintessential recipe for the ultimate Italian comfort food classic, this homemade lasagna recipe is the traditional dish that includes layers of pasta, hearty meat sauce, creamy ricotta, and gooey mozzarella cheese. You’ll also see an idea for how to take the bolognese and cheese components of this recipe and turn it into a gluten free lasagna recipe.

I am not Italian. At all. I don’t have an Italian grandma in the kitchen, cooking up vats of gravy, and brasciole, and manicotti, and whatever else it is that Italian and Italian-American grandmas are stereo-typically making. But I love Italy, and Italian food, though I have to admit that after several trips to Italy, I am a bit spoiled. Italian food here in America just doesn’t quite live up to my expectations anymore.

But for some reason, when I have to make a large amount of something, I often fall back on baked ziti, or stuffed shells, or this amazing lasagna created by John Chandler on Allrecipes (with my changes as I note below).

Ingredients

• 1 pound sweet Italian turkey sausage
• 3/4 pound lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup onion, minced
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
• two 6 ounce cans tomato paste
• two 6.5 ounce cans canned tomato sauce (or one 15 oz. can)
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 Tablespoons sugar (optional)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds (optional)
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided
• 12 lasagna noodles, regular or no cook. I usually use no cook noodles.
• 16 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 pound mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 3/4 cups grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. In a large Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until cooked through and browned.
2. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water, and stir everything together.
3. Add sugar, basil, fennel seeds (if using), Italian seasoning, 2 teaspoons salt, pepper, and 2 Tablespoons parsley, and stir to combine.
4. ................................

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