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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat the olive oil in a large wide saucepan; add the ground beef, onion and garlic. | 2. Sauté, stirring, over medium meat until the meat is browned. | 3. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and sauce, basil and oregano. | 4. Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium-low heat until sauce is cooked down and thickened, 1-1/2 to 2 hours. | 5. There should be about 4 cups of sauce. | 6. Season with salt and pepper. | 7. Cook the lasagna noodles in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente, about 12 minutes; drain. | 8. Place noodles in a bowl of cool water until ready to use. | 9. Beat the cottage cheese, Parmesan and egg together; set aside. | 10. Heat oven to 350°F. | 11. Add about 1/2 cup of sauce to bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. | 12. Lift the noodles from the water individually and blot dry on paper towels. | 13. Arrange a slightly overlapping layer of 5 noodles on the bottom of the dish. | 14. Cover the noodles with half the ricotta mix; add about 1/3 of the sauce and 1/3 of the mozzarella. | 15. Arrange a second layer of 5 noodles. | 16. Add the remaining ricotta, half of the remaining sauce and half of the remaining mozzarella. | 17. Top with the remaining 5 noodles, the remaining sauce and the last of the mozzarella. | 18. Bake until the cheese is melted and the mixture is bubbly, about 50 minutes. | 19. Let stand at least 15 minutes before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic clove	2		crushed	-	-	-	-
plum tomato	2	cans	drained	-	-	-	-
tomato sauce	1	can		-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1/2	teaspoon		1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
lasagna noodle	15	plain		-	-	-	-
cottage cheese	1	container		-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
mozzarella cheese	1		shredded	-	-	-	-

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