Dad's Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb italian sausage
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon whole basil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 lb canned tomato
• 12 ounces canned tomato paste (2 cans usually)
• 10 ounces lasagna noodles
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups fresh ricotta or 3 cups cream-style cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup romano cheese
• 2 tablespoons parsley flakes
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 lb mozzarella cheese, sliced very thin

Recipe

• 1 remove sausage skins and break up the sausage in frying pan.
• 2 brown meat slowly and spoon off excess fat.
• 3 add garlic, basil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, tomatoes and tomato paste.
• 4 simmer, covered for 15 minutes; stir often.
• 5 set aside when finished.
• 6 meanwhile, cook noodles in boiling salted water until tender; drain; rinse.
• 7 in a large bowl, beat eggs; add ricotta, parmesan, parsley, pepper and a tsp of salt.
• 8 mix well.
• 9 now in a 13x9x2 inch baking dish; layer half the noodles; spread with half the ricotta cheese/egg mixture; add half the thinly sliced mozzarella and then half the meat sauce.
• 10 repeat.
• 11 bake at 375 f degrees for about 30 minutes.
• 12 alternatively, you could refrigerate until later and then bake for 45 minutes.
• 13 either way let the lasagna stand for 10 minutes before serving.