Three-Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage

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Three-Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage Ingredients

SAUCE	1 tb Dried oregano
1 tb Olive oil	1 Bay leaf
1 c Chopped onion	1/2 ts Dried crushed red pepper
3/4 c Finely chopped peeled	LASAGNA
2 tb Minced garlic	15 Lasagna noodles; (about 12
8 oz Lean ground beef	2 Containers; (15-oz)
6 oz Spicy Italian sausages;	1 c Grated Parmesan cheese;
1 cn (28-oz) crushed tomatoes	1 pk (10-oz) frozen chopped
1/4 c Tomato paste	2 lg Eggs
1/4 c Chopped fresh basil	4 3/4 c Grated mozzarella cheese;
1 tb Golden brown sugar

Instructions for Three-Cheese Lasagna with Italian Sausage

FOR SAUCE: Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and garlic; saut? until softened, about 12 minutes. Add beef and sausages to pan; saut? until cooked through, breaking up meat with back of spoon, about 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until flavors blend and sauce measures about 5 cups, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Cool. FOR LASAGNA: Preheat oven to 350?F. Cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water until almost tender, about 7 minutes. Drain; cover with cold water. Combine ricotta and 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese in medium bowl. Mix in spinach. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix in eggs. Drain pasta and pat dry. Spread 1/2 cup sauce over bottom of 13x9-inch glass baking dish. Place 5 noodles over sauce, overlapping to fit. Spread half of ricotta-spinach mixture evenly over noodles. Sprinkle 2 cups mozzarella cheese evenly over ricotta-spinach mixture. Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce over cheese, spreading with spatula to cover (sauce will be thick). Repeat layering with 5 noodles, remaining ricotta-spinach mixture, 2 cups mozzarella and 1 1/2 cups sauce. Arrange remaining 5 noodles over sauce. Spread remaining sauce over noodles. Sprinkle remaining 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese evenly over lasagna. (Can be prepared up to 1 day ahead. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate.) Cover baking dish with aluminum foil. Bake lasagna 40 minutes; uncover and bake until hot and bubbly, about 40 minutes. Let lasagna stand 15 minutes before serving. 8 servings. Bon App?tit Posted to recipelu-digest by Sandy on Feb 27, 1998

Main Ingredient: CheeseCuisine: Italian