Italian Sausage Lasagna

Italian Sausage Lasagna

Published on May 19, 2015 | By

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. Ground Italian Sausage
  • 1 jar pasta sauce
  • 2 cups fresh spinach, chopped and packed
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 4 cups ricotta cheese
  • 12 lasagna noodles
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 tsp. dried oregano
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 onion, chopped

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
  2. In a saucepan, sauté the sausage, crumbling with a spoon, until no longer pink. Add onion and garlic and sauté for 4 minutes. Add pasta sauce and set aside.
  3. In a bowl, blend ricotta cheese, egg, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese and spinach; set aside.
  4. Coat a 9X13 baking dish with olive oil and spread 1 cup of sauce mixture on the bottom. Top with 3 lasagna noodles. Spread 1/4 ricotta cheese mixture on the noodles and layer on 1 cup of sauce mixture. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese on top. Repeat process three times starting with noodles and finishing with remaining 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese. Sprinkle with oregano.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes until hot and bubbly. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.
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