Best Three Meat Lasagna Recipes

THREE MEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Cook onion in olive oil in a large skillet until tender, several minutes.
• Add garlic, ground beef, italian sausage, basil, oregano, parsley, salt and pepper to pan and cook until meat is thoroughly browned and breaking up lumps as it cooks.
• Drain fat.
• Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, and brown sugar to pan, mixing well.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 25-30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles in plenty of boiling salted water for ten minutes, then drain.
• In a mixing bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, eggs, parmesan, salt, pepper, and parsley until smooth.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a large lasagna baking pan, place 1/3-1/2 of meat sauce in bottom of pan (just enough to cover).
• On top of the meat sauce in pan, layer the lasagna as follows: 4 noodles (to cover pan), 8 ounces shredded mozzarella, 4 ounces sliced pepperoni, 4 more noodles, ricotta cheese mixture, 4 more noodles, remaining meat sauce mixture, 8 ounces mozzarella, 4 ounces of pepperoni, and 1/4 cup parmesan.
• If any corners of noodles try to stick up past the sauce in the pan, tuck them under the sauce.
• Bake at 375F for 30-40 minutes or until heated through and cheese is golden and bubbly.
• Allow to rest for 10-15 minutes before slicing and serving.

LOADED FOUR CHEESE AND THREE MEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• 1. On medium heat, cook beef, sausage, garlic and onion in heavy skillet, until well browned.
• 2. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugars, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning,garlic salt, garlic powder, beef boullion, black pepper, basil, and 2 tbsp parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Last 15 mins add olives. Last 5 mins add spinach.
• 3. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water.
• 4. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese, sour cream, cream cheese with eggs, and remaining parsley. mix well.
• 5. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• 6. To assemble, spread 1 cup of meat sauce in the bottom of a greased (9X13) baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Layer some ricotta cheese mixture, pepperoni, meat sauce, and mozzarella cheese (about 1 1/2 cup per layer). Repeat layers with all ingredients. Sprinkle top with Parmesan cheese and remaining Mozzarella cheese.
• 7. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
• 8. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.

THREE MEAT, THREE CHEESE LASAGNA

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 350. Cook both ground beef and sausage, same pan is fine. Saute onion, garlic, and mushrooms. Add spices except basil.
• 2. Combine 1 Cup Mozzarella, container of cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, 1 egg, and the basil in a bowl.
• 3. In different bowl combine the cooked ground beef, and sausage, plus add in your pepperoni and veggies with your sauce.
• 4. Put together in this order; layer of sauce (about one cup), layer or noodles (about 3 across for a 9x13 pan or 2 across for a 8x8), then cover noodles with ricotta mixture, then one cup of sauce on top of that, then sprinkle with mozzarella, repeat layers till reach the top of the pan. Sprinkle top with some of the shredded cheddar. If you have extra ingredients make another pan. Cover with foil, bake 45-55 mins, remove cover last mins to brown top just a little.