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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To make sauce: | 2. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Saute the onion and garlic for about 5 minutes Over medium to medium-hi heat. | 3. Add the herbs and toast until very fragrant for about 1 or 2 minutes Deglaze with the wine. | 4. When the alcohol cooks off add the tomatoes. | 5. Cook over low heat for 1-2hrs until the flavors are very well blended. Add salt to taste. If the sauce is too acidic add a little bit of sugar or balsamic vinegar or 1/4-1/2 teaspoons baking soda. | 6. To assemble cheese layers: | 7. Remove casings from the sausage and crumble. Brown over medium high heat. | 8. Put ½ of the ricotta and ¼ c of parmesan and one egg in each of two bowls. In one bowl add the spinach in the other add the roasted garlic and sausage. | 9. Layer in a 9x13 greased pan as follows: | 10. Noodles to cover the bottom, spread the ricotta sausage mix over the noodles. Cover with tomato sauce and sprinkle with grated mozzarella. Cover with noodles and spread with the ricotta spinach mix over the noodles. Cover with tomato sauce and sprinkle with grated mozzarella. Cover with noodles again and spread sauce over the noodles. Sprinkle with any remaining shredded mozzarella and lay out flat basil leaves to loosely cover the top. Lay out the slices of fresh mozzarella over each basil leaf. | 11. Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 45mins. Remove the foil and bake for 10-15 more mins until golden brown on top. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
yellow onion	1		diced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
garlic clove	6 -10		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato	2	cans	crushed	124.1379	27.5262	6.4768	1.0795
tomato	28	ounces	diced	142.8814	30.8783	6.9853	1.5876
tomato sauce	14	ounces		448.49699999999996	71.4023	23.3774	7.7792
red wine	1	cup		-	-	-	-
basil	1/2	cup	chopped	2.76	0.318	0.37799999999999995	0.0768
fennel seed	1	teaspoon		6.9	1.0458	0.316	0.2974
oregano	2	tablespoons	dried	15.9	4.1352	0.54	0.2568
garlic powder	1/2	teaspoon		5.1305	1.1273	0.2565	0.0113
thyme	1/2	teaspoon	dried	0.40399999999999997	0.0978	0.0222	0.0067
salt pepper				403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
italian sausage	1	lb		1569.4315	2.9484	64.637	142.1107
garlic	1	head	roasted	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
spinach	2	lbs	steamed chopped	62.3689	11.0563	6.2369	0.8505
spinach	10	ounces	thawed drained frozen	62.3689	11.0563	6.2369	0.8505
ricotta cheese	32	ounces		1578.4997	27.5784	102.1489	117.7525
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
part mozzarella cheese	16	ounces	part-skim shredded	1152.144	12.5647	110.0434	72.2131
mozzarella cheese	2	balls	sliced	-	-	-	-
basil leaf	1	bunch		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
lasagna noodle	1	lb		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
lasagna noodle	1	lb	boiled	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.