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This Italian Homemade Lasagna is made with béchamel white sauce (no ricotta) and a flavorful homemade red sauce. It is truly the BEST lasagna and can impress any guest!

Homemade Lasagna

lasagna noodles ((or no-boil noodles))

mozzarella cheese

parmesan cheese

beef

Italian sausage

olive oil

garlic (, minced)

onion (, chopped)

spinach leaves

bell pepper ((red

tomato sauce

tomato paste

tomatoes

Italian seasonings

salt and black pepper (, to taste)

basil leaves (, finely chopped (about 10-15 leaves))

Tablespoons butter

all-purpose flour

milk

Brown meat: In a large skillet, brown the ground beef and sausage over medium-high heat, breaking the meat apart into pieces with a wooden spoon. When cooked through, remove the grease. 

(Optional) Add meat to a food processor and pulse just 3-4 times until it’s broken up into very small pieces. Remove to a bowl.

Sauté Veggies: In the same skillet over medium-high heat, add olive oil. When oil is hot, add the garlic, stirring constantly for 30 seconds. Add the onion, spinach and bell pepper. Continue cooking on medium-high heat until the vegetables are softened –about 2-3 minutes. 

Remove from heat and transfer them to the same food processor. Pulse several times until they’re nearly pureed. Return mixture to the skillet.

Add Tomato sauce and tomato paste and stir to combine. Add the diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir. Cover and allow the sauce to simmer for about 20-30 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally. Right before using the red sauce in the lasagna, stir in the reserved crumbled ground beef and sausage, and fresh basil. 

Cook Pasta: While the red sauce simmers boil the lasagna noodles for half the time suggested on the box. Drain into a large colander and sprinkle them with a tiny bit of olive oil to keep them from sticking together. (You can skip this step if you are using no-boil noodles).

Make the Red Sauce: (Can be made in advance).

Add the butter to a medium size saucepan or large skillet. Over medium heat. Once melted, add the flour, stirring constantly to combine 2 minutes. Gradually add in the milk, whisking until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. 

Cook over medium heat, whisking often so it doesn’t burn on the bottom, until it thickens-- about 5-7 minutes.

For the White Sauce: (Can be made in advance).

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9X13-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Keep in mind that there will be 3 layers of lasagna, so mentally split the sauces into thirds as you layer them to make sure you have enough at the end.

Layer: Start by layering the bottom of your greased pan with 3 lasagna noodles. Spread the red sauce over the noodles, followed by the white sauce, Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses, spreading all to the edges. Top with another layer of noodles, then red sauce, white sauce, parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. 

Repeat: Add the final layer of noodles, then red sauce, white sauce and cheeses.

Bake for 30 minutes. Allow the lasagna to sit for 15-20 minutes before serving.

Serve with garlic bread or homemade breadsticks and a green salad.

Assemble Lasagna:

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This Italian Homemade Lasagna is authentic and absolutely delicious, made with bechamel white sauce (no ricotta) and a fresh simple red sauce. It is truly the BEST lasagna and can impress any guest!

This chicken lasagna has layers of flavor with gooey cheese and chicken sausage. Make this easy recipe in 40 minutes with no boil noodles!

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chicken

fire roasted diced tomatoes with garlic (2 14.5-ounce cans)

pepper

salt

ricotta cheese

Parmesan cheese (divided)

no boil lasagna noodles

Italian cheese

Preheat oven to oven to 425°F.

To a large skillet over medium high-heat, add the sausage. Cook for 8 minutes, or until browned, stirring occasionally.Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, salt and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and set aside.

Meanwhile, as sauce simmers, to a medium sized bowl, add ricotta cheese, ½ cup Parmesan cheese, 4 ounces shredded cheese blend and egg. Stir well to combine. Set aside.

Spread ½ cup meat sauce onto the bottom of a 13×9-inch baking dish. Top with a layer of 3 noodles, half the ricotta cheese mixture, and one-third of the sauce. Repeat the layers.

Top with remaining noodles. Cover with remaining sauce, then sprinkle ¼ cup Parmesan cheese and 8 ounces of shredded cheese over top. Cover the dish with a layer of plastic wrap and a layer of aluminum foil over that. (This prevents the aluminum foil from giving the lasagna a metallic flavor.)

Bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 5 minutes, until the cheese melts. Let sausage lasagna stand for 10 minutes before serving.

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