Don’t be scared off by the long cooking time.
Ingredients
1/2 lb (250 g) lasagna noodles
1 pkg chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
2 cups (500 mL) shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup (50 mL) freshly grated parmesan cheese
Meat Filling:
1/2 lb (227 g) Italian sausage
1/2 lb (227 g) ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 celery, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1-1/2 tsp (7 mL) dried oregano
1-1/2 tsp (7 mL) dried basil
1 pinch hot pepper flakes
1 28 oz can (796 mL can) tomatoes, undrained
1 can (14 oz/398 ml) tomato sauce
1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
Cheese Filling:
2 eggs
1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
1/4 tsp (1 mL) nutmeg
2 cups (500 mL) cottage cheese
1 cup (250 mL) shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup (125 mL) freshly grated parmesan cheese
Preparation
Meat Filling:
Remove sausage from casing; crumble meat. In Dutch oven, cook sausage and beef over medium-high heat, breaking up with back of spoon, for about 5 minutes or until no longer pink; remove to plate. Spoon off all but 1 tablespoon (15 mL) fat from pot.
Cook onion, carrot, celery, garlic, oregano, basil and hot pepper flakes, stirring, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and meat; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, breaking up tomatoes and stirring often, for 20 to 25 minutes or until thickened. Add pepper.
Cheese Filling:
In bowl, beat together eggs, pepper and nutmeg. Blend in cottage cheese, mozzarella and Parmesan.
In large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles for 6 to 8 minutes or until almost tender. Drain and place in cold water. Arrange in single layer on damp tea towel.
Spread 1 cup (250 mL) of the meat filling as base in greased 13- x 9-inch (3 L) baking dish. Top with one-third of the noodles in single layer; spread with one-third of the remaining meat filling. Spread with half of the cheese filling, then half of the spinach. Starting with noodles, repeat layers once.
Top with remaining noodles; spread with remaining meat filling. Sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan. Cover loosely with foil; bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly and heated through. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Servings: 8
Nutritional Info
approx. per serving
- cal171
- pro7 g
- total fat12 g
- sat. fat3 g
- carb11 g
- fibre2 g
- chol12 mg
- sodium392 mg
- %RDI–
- calcium13%
- iron13%
- vit A30%
- vit C45%
- folate74%
