Hearty lasagna recipe with a ground beef meat sauce and three cheeses layered with uncooked lasagna noodles to save some work
Prep Time
15 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
1 hr 58 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x13-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
Combine ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons water
parsley
and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper in a small bowl; set aside.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef and onion; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Italian seasoning
and salt. Cook 7 minutes or until beef is crumbled and no longer pink
stirring occasionally. Add garlic; cook 1 minute more or until fragrant. Drain.
Add remaining water
undrained tomatoes
tomato sauce
vinegar
and red pepper flakes to the skillet. Reduce heat and simmer meat sauce 10 minutes
stirring occasionally.
Assemble lasagna by spreading about 1 cup meat sauce over bottom of the baking dish. Place 3 dry noodles over sauce. Top with 2 cups meat sauce
half of the ricotta mixture
1 cup mozzarella cheese
and 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers
ending with a layer of noodles. Top with remaining meat sauce and remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.
Spray underside of aluminum foil with cooking spray; cover dish tightly with foil. Bake 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake 15 minutes more or until cheese melts and sauce is bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
