Looking for a good tomato sauce and lasagna recipe?

LASAGNA SUPREMO

This is a recipe that I have been making for many decades, and everyone who has eaten my lasagna says that it is the BEST LASAGNA EVER!!!

FOR THE LASAGNA

1 (1 lb) package lasagna noodles

3/4 lb ground beef

1/4 lb ground pork

1 lb Italian sausage (thinly sliced)

1 lb button mushrooms (thinly sliced)

1 cup onions (chopped)

6 cloves garlic (minced)

2 teaspoons sugar

1 tablespoon salt

1 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

2 eggs (lightly beaten)

2 (15 ounce) containers ricotta cheese

2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes

1 cup pitted ripe black olives (sliced)

1 lb mozzarella cheese (shredded)

1 cup parmesan cheese (grated)

FOR MARINARA SAUCE

2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans hunts chunky crushed tomatoes

2 (6 ounce) cans hunts tomato paste

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

6 cloves garlic (cut in halves)

1 teaspoon chopped garlic, in juice (from jar)

1 shallot (diced)

2 tablespoons dried oregano

4 tablespoons dried Italian seasoning

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 tablespoon granulated sugar

8 servings

1 hour 45 minutes 45 mins prep

FOR THE LASAGNA: Prepare lasagna according to package directions.

Drain and set aside.

Cook Italian sausage either in a skillet or by boiling in a pot of water, thinly slice crosswise and set aside.

Brown the ground beef and ground pork in a skillet, drain off and discard fat.

Add onion and garlic to the ground meat, stir and cook another 5 minutes.

Add the sugar, salt, basil, fennel seeds, pepper and the Marinara sauce and simmer for 20 minutes.

While the above mixture is simmering, combine in a large bowl the eggs, Ricotta cheese, and parsley.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Take a 13 by 9 inch baking dish and spray the bottom with a non-stick spray, such as Pam.

In the baking dish, spoon in a layer of 1/3 of the meat sauce.

Then layer 1/3 of the lasagna pasta (overlapping each strip of pasta with the other).

Then layer 1/3 of the Ricotta mixture.

Then layer 1/3 of the sliced olives and 1/3 of the sliced Italian sausage.

Then layer 1/3 of the sliced mushrooms.

Then layer 1/3 of the Mozzarella and 1/3 of the Parmesan.

Then continue to repeat the layering until all of the ingredients are layered.

When the layering is completed, cover with aluminum foil, making certain that the foil is not touching the top of the lasagna, and bake for 25 minutes.

Remove foil and bake, uncovered, another 25 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow to sit and rest 10 minutes before cutting.

FOR THE MARINARA SAUCE (by Alan Leonetti): Empty Hunts chunky crushed tomatoes and Hunts tomato paste into the pot.

Add the extra-virgin olive oil to the pot.

Slice the cloves of garlic crosswise into either halves or thirds or pieces, and dump them into the pot.

Dice the shallot, and dump that into the pot.

Add the rest of the ingredients, and stir to mix well with a large long handled wooden spoon.

Do not strain, as the pulp adds to make this a thick and wonderful sauce.

Cover and cook on medium heat, stirring every 10 minutes for about an hour or until it bubbles and is completely heated throughout.

Reduce heat to simmer, and continue to simmer, stirring every 10 or 15 minutes to keep from burning or sticking to the bottom of the pot for 1 or 2 hours.

Remove from heat and give it one last stir.

Serve over spaghetti, ravioli, pasta or use for chicken parmesan, veal parmesan, or anything that calls for a Marinara sauce.

first for the tomato sauce w/ meatballs you need:

3 cans pastene "kitchen ready" tomatoes

3 cans of tomato paste

1 pound hamburg

6 italian sausage

1 large onion

1 large red or green pepper

6-8 cloves of garlic

1 egg

3/4 cup dried bread crumbs

dried or fresh basil

salt and pepper

method: chop your onion pepper and garlic.place 1/3 of chopped veges in a large bowl.(reserve remaining 2/3 veges) Add hamburg egg and bread crumbs to the bowl .Salt pepper and basil to taste. mix well and shape into meatballs.Place in the fridge.In large saucepan brown sausage, then add remaining 2/3 chopped veges until soft.Add the cans of tomaotes and paste, rinsing cans with water and 1 and a half cans of water.Add salt pepper and basil to taste.Bring to boil.Turn down heat to a slow simmer.In fry pan add cold meatballs to hot pan w/ dash of oil.Brown on all sides and add to the sauce.Cook meat and sauce for 2 hours. Best if made at least the day before you want to make the lasagna.(not necessary but better)

Lasagna:

one box of store bought lasagna noodles

2 pounds ricotta cheese

1 ball mozzerella cheese

2 eggs

half pound fresh mushrooms

Method:

Cook noodle according to the pkg.rinse in cold water.set aside

wipe mushrooms clean(do not wash)slice into a fry pan and brown until golden and all water is out of them.set aside.In large bowl fold 2 eggs and a dash of salt into the ricotta cheese.set aside. Slice half the mozzrella and grate the other half. set aside.

In large roasting pan place enough sauce to evenly cover the bottom of the pan.place approx. 1/3 of noodles(cover the bottom of the pan)Take meatballs and sausage and crumble over the noodles.Add half the cooked mushrooms.Spoon ricotta mixure over meat and mushrooms (do not need to spread out, leave in "blobs") cover with half of sliced mozzerella and half grated.DRIZZLE more sauce over entire area.Don't put too much.Add another layer of noodles.repeat with meat, mushrooms, ricotta and mozzerella.Top with the last of the noodles.Cover with sauce.Bake at 400 uncovered for half hour, cover and cook another half hour.Allow to rest to set up or make the night before.

hope this helps.My family loves it!