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1. Start with the following in a pot.
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1 pound of sweet Italian sausage.
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1 pound of ground beef.
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1/2 cup of chopped onions.
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2 cloves of garlic chopped.
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Brown the ground beef, Italian sausage, onions and garlic in a pot until they start to look. It takes about 6 to 9 minutes to brown the meat. I like to use a Dutch oven to cook this portion of the recipe. I use a medium low temperature to brown the meat. It is optional to remove the grease from the meat once it is finished browning, your choice.
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2. Add the following:
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1 (28 ounce) can of crushed tomatoes.
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2 (8 ounce) cans of tomato sauce.
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2 (6 ounce) cans of tomato paste.
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1/2 cup of water.
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Gently stir this into the cooking meat.
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3. Add the following:
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2 tablespoons white sugar.
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1 teaspoon fennel seed.
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2 teaspoons fresh Basil leaves chopped.
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2 tablespoons fresh Italian parsley chopped.
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1 teaspoon salt.
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1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning.
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1/2 teaspoon ground pepper.
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Gently stir these seasoning into the sauce.
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Cover the pot and let the meat sauce simmer. Simmer on low heat for 1 hour and 30 minutes
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4. Soak 12 lasagna noodles.
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The lasagna noodles need to be soaked in hot tap water for 15 minutes.
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5. While the noodles are soaking you can make the cheese filling.
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Put the following in a mixing bowl:
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23 ounces of ricotta cheese.
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1/2 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
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Grate fresh nutmeg over the Ricotta cheese.
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6. Add the following.
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1 egg.
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2 tablespoons fresh Italian parsley chopped.
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Mix these ingredients together with a spoon.
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7. Now we start building the lasagna layers.
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Use a 9x13 inch baking pan.
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Spread 2 Cups of meat sauce on the bottom of the pan.
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Remove your lasagna noodles out of the water bath. Shake water off wet noodles.
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Lay 6 noodles across the layer of sauce.
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Spread half of the ricotta cheese mixture over the layer of noodles.
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Spread 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese over the ricotta layer.
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Sprinkle half of the Parmesan cheese over the mozzarella layer.
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Spread 2 cups of meat sauce over the cheese layer.
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Lay down the next layer of noodles.
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Spread the remaining ricotta mixture over noodles.
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Spread the mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses saving some cheese for the top of the lasagna.
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Put the last layer of meat sauce on the cheeses.
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Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
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8. Cover with foil.
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Bake in preheated oven at 350 for 25 minutes.
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Remove foil and bake uncovered for another 25 minutes.
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Remove from oven and allow to cool for approximately 15 minutes.
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-Serves 12 people-.
