Lasagne Supremo

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g ground beef or 500 g chicken
• 1 medium onion
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon dried italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon sambal oelek
• 500 g ricotta cheese or 500 g cottage cheese
• 2 eggs
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup parsley
• 1 garlic clove
• 500 g spaghetti sauce (season with extra italian herbs if desired)
• 250 g frozen spinach, thawed and drained (optional)
• 1 1/2-2 cups mozzarella cheese
• 6 no-boil lasagna noodles, instant
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 chop onion finely and cook with minced garlic til soft in a non stick frying pan with 1 tbsp oil.
• 2 brown ground meat, season with salt, pepper, sambal olek and italian seasonings. set aside and keep warm.
• 3 beat eggs.
• 4 add eggs to ricotta and stir well.
• 5 season ricotta and egg mixture with salt and pepper. add fresh torn basil if you have it, if not use chopped parsley.
• 6 put a thin layer of spaghetti sauce on bottom of an 11x9 greased pan.
• 7 add a layer of lasagne noodles. be sure to use instant lasagne noodles!
• 8 stir together remaining spaghetti sauce with the ground meat and spread 1/3 mixture over the noodles in the pan.
• 9 top with ricotta cheese mixture.
• 10 layer on 1/2 thawed drained spinach over cheese layer.
• 11 add a 2nd layer of noodles, top with sauce/meat mixture, then ricotta, remaining spinach and finally the remaining meat/sauce mixture.
• 12 top with mozzarella and bake in a hot oven until cheese is browned and bubbling, approximately 40 minutes.
• 13 let sit for 10 minutes to allow to set for easy serving.
• 14 serve with crusty garlic bread and copious amounts of good red !