Possibly the Best Lasagna Recipe in the Entire World

Possibly the Best Lasagna Recipe in the Entire World

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes over mediumlow heat, until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the sausage and cook over mediumlow heat, breaking it up with a fork, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until no longer pink. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 tablespoons of the parsley, the basil, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Simmer, uncovered, over mediumlow heat, for 15 to 20 minutes, until thickened.

In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, goat cheese, 1 cup of Parmesan, the egg, the remaining 2 tablespoons of parsley, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Set aside.

Ladle 1/3 of the sauce into a 9 by 13inch baking dish, spreading the sauce over the bottom of the dish. Then add the layers as follows: half the pasta, half the mozzarella, half the ricotta, and one 1/3 of the sauce. Add the rest of the pasta, mozzarella, ricotta, and finally, sauce. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup of Parmesan. Bake for 3045 minutes, until the sauce is bubbling.

The word lasagna comes from the Greek word lasanon, which means chamber pot. The word eventually evolved to mean cooking pot I dont know that I really want to explore that particular evolution. The Italians originally used the word to mean the dish in which the food was cooked.

Lasagna now refers to both the flat sheets of pasta as well as the yummy, cheesy dish made with those pasta sheets.

Many lasagna recipes can be made without precooking the noodles. The moisture and heat from the other ingredients will cook the noodles as the dish bakes.