Best Grandma Bettys Lasagna Recipes

GRAMMY'S OVERNIGHT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Cook the ground beef in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until browned and no longer pink, about 5 minutes; drain fat. Stir in the marinara sauce, water, and salt. Bring to a boil. Remove sauce from heat.
• Arrange 6 noodles in a 9x13-inch baking dish, breaking if necessary to fit. Spoon 1/2 of the sauce over noodles. Top with 1/2 of the cottage cheese and 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers with remaining noodles, sauce, cottage cheese, and mozzarella cheese. Top with Parmesan cheese. Cover tightly with foil; refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake lasagna, covered, until noodles are soft, cheese is melted, and sauce is bubbly, about 1 hour. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before serving.

GRANDMA'S BEST EVER SOUR CREAM LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in the lasagna noodles, and return to a boil. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook and stir the sausage, ground beef, and garlic until the meat is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink. Drain any excess grease. Stir in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, parsley, basil, oregano, and sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thickened, about 30 minutes.
• Stir together the sour cream, eggs, Parmesan cheese, green olives, salt, black pepper, and 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese in a bowl.
• To assemble the lasagna, spread a thin layer of the meat sauce evenly over the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover with 1/3 of the lasagna noodles, 1/3 of the remaining meat sauce, 1/3 of the sour cream mixture. Repeat this layering 2 more times. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese evenly over the lasagna.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the sauce is bubbly and the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

GRANDMA'S BEST EVER LASAGNA

Steps:

• Brown together sausage, hamburger, and garlic clove. Add parsley, basil, oregano, diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Simmer for 30 minutes.
• In large bowl, combine sour cream, eggs, salt, parmesean cheese, 1 bag mozzerella, and pepper. Cut olives and add to mixture.
• Boil noodles according to package directions.
• In a large baking pan, begin with a thin layer of meat sauce and then begin to layer noodles, sauce, then cheese.
• Cover with other bags of mozzerella cheese.
• Bake at 375 F for 30 minute If cheese starts to brown cover with foil for the remainder of the bake time.

BEST LASAGNA

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook sausage, beef and onion over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink, breaking up meat into crumbles. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Drain., Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, 3 tablespoons parsley, basil, fennel, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes, stirring occasionally., In a small bowl, mix egg, ricotta cheese and remaining parsley and salt., Preheat oven to 375°. Spread 2 cups meat sauce into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with 3 noodles and a third of the ricotta mixture. Sprinkle with 1 cup mozzarella cheese and 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining meat sauce and cheeses (dish will be full)., Bake, covered, 25 minutes. Bake, uncovered, 25 minutes longer or until bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

LASAGNA BETTY CROCKER

Steps:

• Cook and stir ground beef, pork, onion and garlic in large saucepan or Dutch oven until meat is brown and onoin is tender.
• Drain off all fat.
• Add tomatoes and break up with a fork.
• Stir in tomato sauce, 2 T. parsley flakes, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the basil.
• Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 1 hour or until mixture is the consistency of Spaghetti sauce.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix cottage cheese, 1/2 C Parmesan cheese, 1 T. parsley flakes, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and the oregano.
• Reserve 1/2 C meat sauce for the thin top layer.
• In ungreased baking pan, 13x9x2" , layer 1/4 each of the noodles, remaining meat sauce, the Mozerella cheese and cottage cheese mixture;.
• Repeat 3 times.
• Spread reserved meat sauce over top; Sprinkle with 1/2 C parmesan cheese.
• If desired, Lasagna can be covered and refrigerated several hours at this point.
• Bake uncovered 45 minute Allow an additional 10-15 minute if it was refrigerated.
• For easier cutting, let stand 15 minute after removing from oven.

QUICK LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Cook the beef and garlic in the skillet over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the beef is brown; drain.
• Stir the Italian seasoning and spaghetti sauce into the beef. Spread 1/4 cup of the beef mixture in the ungreased square pan.
• Top with 2 noodles, placing them so they do not overlap or touch the sides of the pan because they will expand as they bake. Spread about 1/2 cup of the remaining beef mixture over the noodles.
• Spread about 1/2 cup of the cottage cheese over the beef mixture. Sprinkle with about 1/3 cup of the mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat layering twice more, beginning with 2 more noodles and following directions in steps 3 and 4 Sprinkle with the parmesan cheese.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake 30 minutes. Carefully remove the foil, and continue baking about 10 minutes longer or until lasagna is bubbly around the edges and looks very hot. Let stand 10 minutes, so the lasagna will become easier to cut and serve.