Description
Easy Homemade Lasagna – an absolutely delicious, straight-forward homemade lasagna recipe with meat sauce!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 lb ground pork or ground italian sausage
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 24oz jar of your favorite marinara sauce*
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons fresh basil, divided and roughly chopped
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
- 15oz whole ricotta cheese (dairy-free or whole milk)
- 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1/4 shredded parmesan cheese
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley leaves
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
- 1 egg
- 9 lasagna noodles, cooked al dente
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bring a cast iron skillet to medium-high heat. Add ground beef and ground pork (or Italian sausage). Move ground meat around the pan until it is fully cooked. Drain excess grease and return to pan.
- Add garlic and onion; allow to cook down 1-2 minutes.
- Add marinara sauce, 1/4 cup fresh basil and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Stir to combine.
- In a medium mixing bowl combine ricotta, 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella, parmesan, lemon juice, parsley, Italian seasoning, basil, egg and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Stir to combine.
- Cook your lasagna noodles al dente according to box instructions; drain and set aside.
- Assemble Lasagna: Using a 9×13 pan add about 1/4 cup of the meat sauce and spread out evenly. Lay down 3 lasagna noodles. Top with half of the ricotta mixture followed by some meat sauce and then 1 cup of shredded mozzarella. Continue by layering noodles, ricotta, meat sauce, noodles and then the last 1/4 cup of the meat sauce. Cover with 2 cups of shredded mozzarella (or as much as you want). Spray a piece of foil with olive oil and cover your pan (sprayed side down).
- Place in oven, middle rack, and let cook 45-50 minutes.
- Remove foil and let cook another 15 minutes.
- Let cool a bit before serving.
- Serve with homemade garlic bread.
Notes
- *Marinara Sauce: you can use store-bought or homemade!
- Ricotta Cheese: feel free to use regular ricotta or dairy-free.
- Veggies: you could easily add in some chopped spinach or even diced zucchini to add a little extra veggies to the recipe!
- Dairy-Free Cheese: you can use regular or dairy-free cheese.
- Gluten-Free: feel free to use gluten-free lasagna noodles or regular.