First, I start out with spraying the pan with nonstick cooking spray after preheating the oven to 375°F. It doesn't matter what type you use. I'm cheap (and my kids use way too much when they use it), so "Great Value" is what I used.
Next, I put in 4 eggs. I doubled the filling because I noticed my family likes it better, so I made it that way for Jimmy and his family.
Next, I added 32 oz of Ricotta to the eggs. Blend well.
Then, I added 4 cups of grated Mozzarella cheese. (Picture shows one cup in before I blended it in.) I don't dump in all the cheese at once. I blend it in a cup at a time.
Next comes 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
After everything is all blended together, this is how it should look:
Now begins the layering fun! Moving back to the pan, pour 1 cup of your choice of Marinara (or Spaghetti sauce--either way you'll need 2 jars). I personally use Barilla Marinara. It is just an awesome marinara. Make sure you spread the sauce around the pan as best you can. You want the noodles to be able to make contact with the sauce. (If it doesn't, the bottom layer will burn.)
My inner geek is showing! It's time for noodles! Place 4 sheets of noodles into your pan (slightly touching). Don't worry that they don't touch any of the sides, the noodles will expand to the edges while cooking. (I use Barilla no boil lasagna noodles. I have 4 kids and one on the way...if I can skip a step -- I DO!)
Put 1/3 of your cheese filling onto the noodles.
Layer 2 cups of Mozzarella cheese atop the cheese mixture.
Pour 1 cup of Marinara on top of the Mozzarella. Spread it around as best you can. Don't forget to hit the noodle edges if you can (don't worry if you can't).
Now, add another layer of four lasagna noodles. I put this next layer the opposite way I did the others. (So if I did vertical for the bottom, I'd do horizontal for the next layer.) I don't think it makes much of a difference, it was just helpful for me so the noodles stopped moving around.
Now, put another 1/3 of the cheese mixture onto this layer and spread as evenly as you can.
Now, put on 1 1/2 cups of Marinara. Spread well.
Time for another layer of noodles!
Place the last 1/3 of the cheese mixture onto the noodles and spread it around. Then pour 1 cup of marinara on and spread.
And the last 4 noodles on top.
Pour the remaining Marinara on, spreading very well, and sprinkle generously with Mozzarella on top.
Now, cover with aluminum foil, and place into your already preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Once that time is up, take off the foil and continue baking for another 5 minutes, like so:
And here is my finished product for Jimmy and his family:
I hope you enjoyed it!
2 comments:
That looks so good it made me very hungry!!
that looks good to.
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