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  • Five Star Lasagna

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    Five Star Lasagna
    Prep: 60 min Cook: 140 min Servings: 12
    by Chef Doug
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    This took much exhaustive research to find. My goal was to find the recipe for the Old Spaghetti Factory lasagna. This may or may not be the exact recipe, but it is very close. The Old Spaghetti Factory lasagna is the best lasagna I've personally ever tasted. It elicits an almost inaudible moan with every bite. This takes a 9x13 slightly deeper than a standard Pyrex. I purchased a deeper pan specifically for making this lasagna.

    Ingredients

    • 1 pound of sweet Italian sausage
    • 1 pound of ground beef
    • 1/2 cup of chopped onions
    • 2 cloves of garlic chopped
    • 1 (28 ounce) can of crushed tomatoes
    • 2 (8 ounce) cans of tomato sauce
    • 2 (6 ounce) cans of tomato paste
    • 1/2 Cup of Water
    • 2 tablespoons white sugar
    • 1 teaspoon fennel seed
    • 2 teaspoons fresh Basil leaves chopped
    • 4 tablespoons fresh Italian parsley chopped
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
    • 32 ounces of ricotta cheese.
    • 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
    • 1 egg
    • 1 pound shredded mozzarella cheese
    • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
    • 16 lasagna noodles

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 350.
    2. Brown the ground beef, Italian sausage, onions and garlic in a pot.
    3. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste and water.
    4. Stir in white sugar, fennel seed, Basil, 2 tbsp Italian parsley, Italian Seasoning, salt and ground pepper
    5. Cover and let simmer on low for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
    6. In the meantime, mix ricotta cheese, fresh grated nutmeg, egg, 2 tbsp italian parsley.
    7. Spread 2 Cups of meat sauce on bottom of 9×13 pan.
    8. Lay 8 noodles across the layer of sauce, overlapping as needed.
    9. Spread half of the ricotta cheese mixture over the layer of noodles.
    10. Set aside 1/2 cup mozzarella & 1/4 cup Parmesan to top lasagna.
    11. Spread half of remaining mozzarella over the ricotta layer.
    12. Sprinkle half of remaining Parmesan over the mozzarella layer
    13. Spread 2 cups of meat sauce over the cheese layer
    14. Lay down the next layer of 8 noodles
    15. Spread the remaining ricotta mixture over noodles
    16. Spread remaining mozzarella and Parmesan still saving what was set aside for the top.
    17. Put the last layer of meat sauce on the cheeses.
    18. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
    19. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 25 minutes
    20. Remove foil and bake uncovered for another 25 minutes.
    21. Remove from oven and allow to cool for approximately 15 minutes.

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    Reviews

    • ExhilaratingChef
      ExhilaratingChef
      This recipe has way too much sodium. It can be made healthier by eliminating the salt and adding Also Salt (a salt substitute) and eliminate the sugar and adding 1 teaspoon of Truvia. Use a small curd cottage cheese instead of ricotta, go to a reduced fat mozarella, and a reduced fat parmesan. Flavor will not be affected.

      Comments

      • ShaleeDP
        ShaleeDP
        I love lasagna :D
        I will try this soon. Thanks for sharing.

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