Lasagna

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb ground beef
• 6 ounces ground lean lamb
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 (1 lb) can tomato
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons parsley flakes
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon basil leaves
• 3 cups cream-style cottage cheese (2 12-oz. cartons)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon oregano leaves
• 1 (8 ounce) package lasagna noodles, cooked and well-drained
• 3/4 lb mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook and stir ground beef, ground lamb, onion and garlic in large saucepan or dutch oven until meat is brown and onion is tender.
• 2 drain off fat.
• 3 add tomatoes and break up with fork.
• 4 stir in tomato sauce, 2 tbsp.
• 5 parsley flakes, the sugar, 1 tsp.
• 6 salt and the basil.
• 7 heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.
• 8 reduce heat; simmer uncovered 1 hour or until mixture is consistency of spaghetti sauce.
• 9 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 10 mix cottage cheese, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, 1 tbsp.
• 11 parsley flakes, 1-1/2 tsp.
• 12 salt and the oregano.
• 13 reserve 1/2 cup meat sauce for thin top layer.
• 14 in ungreased baking pan 13x9x2 inches, layer 1/4 each of noodles, remaining meat sauce, mozzarella cheese and cottage cheese mixture; repeat three times.
• 15 spread reserved meat sauce over top; sprinkle with 1/2 cup parmesan cheese.
• 16 bake uncovered 45 minutes.
• 17 for easier cutting, let stand 15 minutes after removing from oven.
• 18 note: lasagna may be refrigerated for several hours before baking.
• 19 if refrigerated, bake 10-15 minutes longer.