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[Apr. 20th, 2009|01:35 am] |
I made 5 lasagnas yesterday. One has already been demolished. 1 will be delivered tomorrow to a friend from church who recently had a baby. 2 will be delivered on Tuesday to Amber581 (I can't do that linky-to-your-lj thing) for after her baby. And the other will be nom'ed early this week.
I LOVE the no-boil lasagna noodles! They make lasagna something that doesn't require a crapload of time and patience.
This is what I made:
1 ginormous organic yellow onion
3 lbs hormone/antibiotic-free leanest ground beef
Balsamic vinegar
4 lbs ricotta cheese
4 eggs
8 c. shredded mozzarella
~12 oz. shredded parmesan
Garlic powder
2 lbs spinach
4 jars pasta sauce
5 cans tomato sauce
Basil & other herbs
2/3 head of garlic*
No-boil noodles
*would've been a whole head, to be v. v. garlicky, but I don't want to make gassy newborns for breastfeeding mamas.
I cooked the onions, beef, garlic, and balsamic vinegar in 2 pans (1/3 to go in the non-spinachy lasagna, 2/3 to have spinach.)
I mixed 1 jar pasta sauce and 1 can tomato sauce in a saucepan, with a little garlic, and other seasonings. This sauce was just for the bottom of the lasagna pans, so the noodles would be resting on just sauce.
I added sauces and spices to the meat mixtures, and 2 lbs of chopped spinach to the larger one.
Mixed ricotta, eggs, half the mozzarella, garlic powder, and some basil.
Layered:
Plain sauce
Noodles
Ricotta mixture*
Mozzarella (light sprinkling)
Meaty sauce
Noodles
Ricotta mixture
Meaty sauce
Noodles
Meaty sauce (less than other layers)
Mozzarella
Parmesan
*since the noodles weren't cooked, I could just spread this on the noodles, like spread on a cracker, before putting them in the pan -- much easier!
And that was it! No messing around with trying to boil noodles, and keep them separate, and keep them whole, and trying to maneuver these big slippery fragile sheets of pasta!
And the bonus: it's delicious! And healthy! You can't even taste the spinach, but I left it out of Amber's anyway.
Now, I just need to find some whole wheat no-boil lasagna noodles... |
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![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/77477775/524711) | From: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jaxi
2009-04-21 04:18 pm (UTC)
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