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Boil lasagna noodles until they are almost done take them out a minute or two early so your pasta doesn't turn to mush from all the liquid.
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The sauce is simple enough brown the meats with onions and garlic feel free to add mushrooms or sun dried tomatoes artichoke hearts etc
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Drain grease from meat and pat with paper towels to get off extra grease onions should be translucent and garlic cloves softish
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Combine meats and veggies and tomato paste sauce and diced and whole peeled and unseeded tomatoes
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Cheese layer is special you must first make a basic bechamel sauce for that melt butter put in flour 4 cups heavy cream 2 teaspoons of kosher or sea salt and nutmeg.
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You can add black pepper fresh ground to taste.
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Combine ricotta eggs more heavy cream 1 package of 6 cheese Italian blend Italian herbs fresh basil 1 bag of parmesan cheese mix thoroughly
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Combine bechamel sauce with ricotta cheese mix well until it's vs creamy dreamy and amazing.
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Please feel free to add sundries tomatoes etc I tend to love to experiment.
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Layer noodles meat sauce and cheese layers until you run out of stuff completely.
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On last layer cover with bag of mozzarella bag of 6 cheese Italian blend and a bag of parmesan.
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Heat oven to around 375 cover within tinfoil and bake covered for about an hour keep a watch on it.
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When it's good and bubbly hot take off foil and melt cheese for approximately 10 minutes
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This recipe makes enough to fill two giant deep tin catering pans like you would get at Costco it is made for feeding a lot of people.
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Also please be aware this can be made vegetarian by using spinach zucchini and eggplant instead of meat.
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You can make this healthy by using skim milk instead of cream ground turkey and low sodium Italian sausage as well as no salt added tomatoes or even fresh tomatoes.
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It is a grand undertaking but well worth it.
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It is creamy and rich and utterly affordable if you have to take a dish to a potluck or just a nice gathering or team dinner.