Mom's Lasagna

18 ingredients
17 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 2 (29 ounce) cans tomato puree
  • 12 ounces water
  • 2 (12 ounce) cans beer or 24 ounces red wine
  • 1 14 teaspoons parsley
  • 1 -4 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 14 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 12 cup sugar
  • 2 lbs ground beef, browned and drained
  • 9 -12 lasagna noodles, cooked according to package
  • 1 lb ricotta cheese or 1 lb cottage cheese
  • 1 teaspoon parsley
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 34 cup parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1 -1 12 cup mozzarella cheese (i prefer slicing this cheese)
  • 1 -1 12 cup monterey jack cheese

Directions

  1. 1
    First in a large pot saute onion and garlic in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until tender.
  2. 2
    Add:.
  3. 3
    Tomato paste, tomato puree, water, beer, parsley, salt pepper and sugar.
  4. 4
    Simmer 6+ hours uncovered.
  5. 5
    Cook your ground beef, I like to add extra garlic, onions and Italian seasoning while cooking
  6. 6
    Boil your noodles.
  7. 7
    In a medium size bowl make your cheese mix, the ricotta(or cottage cheese), parsley, and oregano.
  8. 8
    In a 13X9 inch pan.
  9. 9
    Layer ingredients as follows.
  10. 10
    1 sauce.
  11. 11
    2 single layer of noodles.
  12. 12
    3 Mixture.
  13. 13
    4 Cheeses.
  14. 14
    Repeat until pan is full makes 3 to 4 layers.
  15. 15
    Top with Sauce and more cheese.
  16. 16
    Cover with foil and bake 350 for 45mins to 1 hour.
  17. 17
    Let stand for 10 to 15 mins.

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