Italian
Classic Lasagna
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oven to 375F and bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
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Warm the olive oil in a skillet and brown the beef and sausage with the onion and garlic, breaking up the meat, about 8 minutes.
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Stir in the crushed tomatoes and tomato paste, season with salt, and simmer 15 minutes.
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Cook the lasagna noodles until just pliable, about 8 minutes, then drain.
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Mix the ricotta with the egg, half the parmesan, and the basil.
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Layer sauce, noodles, ricotta mixture, and mozzarella in a baking dish, repeating for three layers and finishing with sauce and the remaining cheeses.
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Cover with foil and bake 25 minutes, then uncover and bake until bubbling and golden, about 20 minutes more.
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Let the lasagna rest 15 minutes before slicing.
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Serve it with
A Italian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Classic Lasagna, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Classic Lasagna carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gluten | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Affettati e Formaggio (Cold Cuts and Cheese Plate) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 570 kcal
- Protein
- 31 g
- Carbs
- 38 g
- Fat
- 33 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 770 mg
- Saturated fat
- 15 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Classic Lasagna takes about 90 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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