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Simple Lasagna with Hearty Tomato-Meat Sauce
Ingredients
  • subheading: Gather Your Ingredients:
  • Tomato-Meat Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
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  • 1 medium onion, chopped fine (about 1 cup)
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  • 6 medium cloves garlic, pressed through garlic press or minced (about 2 tablespoons)
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  • 1 pound meatloaf mix or ⅓ pound each ground beef chuck, ground veal, and ground pork (see note)
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  • ½ teaspoon table salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
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  • ¼ cup heavy cream
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  • 1 (28-ounce) can tomato puree
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  • 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
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  • Ricotta, Mozzarella, and Pasta Layers
  • 15 ounces ricotta cheese (whole milk or part skim), 1 ¾ cups)
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  • 2 ½ ounces grated Parmesan cheese (1 ¼ cups)
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  • ½ cup chopped fresh basil
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  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten
  • ½ teaspoon table salt
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  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
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  • 12 no-boil lasagna noodles from one 8- or 9-ounce package
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  • 16 ounces whole milk mozzarella, shredded (4 cups)
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  • subheading: Key Equipment:
  • The Best Chef’s Knives for $75 or Less
  • Wooden Spoons
  • Dutch Ovens
  • Broiler-Safe 13 by 9-Inch Baking Dishes
  • subheading: Before You Begin:
  • If you can’t find meatloaf mixture for the sauce, or if you choose not to eat veal, substitute ½ pound ground beef and ½ pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed, for the meatloaf mixture. The assembled, unbaked lasagna, if wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and then in foil, will keep in the freezer for up to 2 months. To bake, defrost it in the refrigerator for a day or two and bake as directed, extending the baking time by about 5 minutes.
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