Recipes

Lasagna with Sausage
  • Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pound hot or sweet Italian sausage (page 28)
  • 8 cups tomato sauce
  • 3 eggs, well beaten
  • 1 large (46 oz.) container ricotta cheese
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pound lasagna noodles
  • 1 twelve-ounce package mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup grated Romano cheese
Directions
  1. In a large, deep skillet or a Dutch oven heat the olive oil and brown the sausage
  2. Pour off all but two tablespoons of the drippings
  3. Add the tomato sauce and bring to a simmer
  4. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil
  5. In a large mixing bowl combine the eggs, ricotta cheese, parsley, salt and black pepper to taste
  6. In the pot of water, cook the lasagna noodles al dente
  7. Drain thoroughly
  8. In a lasagna pan or large baking pan, spread a thin layer of the simmering tomato sauce
  9. Add a layer of lasagna noodles
  10. Spread some of the ricotta mixture over the noodles
  11. Sprinkle about a quarter of the mozzarella, Parmesan, and Romano cheeses over the ricotta
  12. Add a layer of sauce and continue layering in the same fashion until all the ingredients except the sauce are used
  13. Reserve the leftover sauce to pass at the table
  14. End with a layer of sauce
  15. Bake, covered, in a pre heated 425F
  16. oven for thirty-five minutes or until the lasagna is bubbly
  17. Test the center with your finger; if it is hot to the touch the lasagna is done. Note: Lasagna can be prepared several days in advance and stored in the refrigerator
  18. Like a good homemade stew it improves with age.


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