This recipe is so easy and delicious. You don't have to boil the noodles. It makes a lot, and leftovers freeze very well. Someone in my cooking group made it, and we all fell in love with it. I have made it several times since then. The original recipe calls for sausage, but I used ground beef instead with excellent results.
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Total Time: 1/2 hour prep and 4 - 4 1/2 hours cooking time
Yield: 8 servings
Source: www.bettycrocker.com
Ingredients:
1 lb bulk Italian sausage ( I used ground beef)
1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
3 cans (15 ounces each) Italian-style tomato sauce ( I used jarred spaghetti sauce)
2 tsp dried basil leaves
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 ounces)
1 container (15 ounces) part-skim ricotta cheese
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
15 uncooked lasagna noodles
Steps:
Cook ground beef and onion in a pan over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the meat is no longer pink. Drain off the fat with a spoon or turkey baster. Stir in tomato sauce, basil and salt.
Mix 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese and all the ricotta and Parmesan cheeses well.
Spoon one-fourth of the ground beef mixture into 6-quart slow cooker; break 5 noodles to fit and put them on top. Then put half the cheese mixture and one fourth of the ground beef mixture. Break another 5 noodles to fit. Put the rest of the cheese mixture and one quarter of the ground beef mixture. Break the final 5 noodles to fit and top with the remaining ground beef mixture.
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Cover and cook on Low heat about 4 1/2 hours, or until the noodles are tender.
Sprinkle top of lasagna with remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Cover and let stand about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve.
This is great first, because of the Alfredo sauce, secondly, using a crockpot, you can plug it in and go do something else. Brown hamburger in skillet and drain.
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Spray crock pot with cooking spray. Spread 3/4 cup spaghetti sauce in bottom of crock pot.
Combine all ingredients, except noodles, in a large bowl. Pour half the mixture into a crock pot. Place the uncooked noodles over top of mixture, then pour the other half of mixture over top.
This size pan holds close to the same amount as a 9x13 in baking pan. If your recipe calls for the ingredients to be placed in 9x13, then you do not need to change anything unless you have a little extra of your ingredient quantities.
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(I lots of times just add a little extra if it's in a little bigger pan like this) If your recipe is for a 9" square pan you will need to double your recipe.
This recipe is so easy and delicious. You don't have to boil the noodles. It makes a lot, and leftovers freeze very well. Someone in my cooking group made it, and we all fell in love with it. I have made it several times since then. The original recipe calls for sausage, but I used ground beef instead with excellent results.
