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THE OLD ITALIAN LASAGNA RECIPE

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 packages Lasagna Pasta Sheets
  • 10 Italian Sausages cut into small pieces
  • 1 kilo Ground Beef / 2 lbs. Ground Beef
  • 5 Fresh Tomatoes grated
  • 2 tablespoons Tomato paste
  • 4 tablespoons Oregano
  • 1 cup Olive Oil
  • 4 large pieces Mozzarella
  • 3 packages Ricotta Cheese
  • 3 tablespoons Sugar
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 3 cups Water

Instructions
 

  • In a large sauce pan add in half a cup of the Olive Oil, sausages, and ground beef. Once the meat has turned brown add in the fresh tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 tablespoons oregano, salt, sugar, pepper, cinnamon stick, 3 cups of water and let boil on low heat for about 2 hrs.
  • When the sauce is ready, add into the baking pan a scoop of sauce, and start layering in the Lasagna sheets. (I don’t have a large enough square baking pan, so I used a round one) Add in a large scoop of the sauce with sausages, and ground beef, top with the mozzarella and ricotta cheese. Continue layering with the Lasagna sheets, and until all the ingredients have finished.
  • I just wanted to mention back in those days, Lasagne sheets did not exist, both Maria and my mom used regular boiled pasta.
  • Finish topping with the leftover Olive Oil….and Oregano
  • Pop into the oven, and bake at 180 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. I hope you enjoy making and eating this recipe as much as my mom and I have been doing for so many years.