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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally, | 2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt,. | 3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C),. | 4. To assemble, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a third of mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese. | 5. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving,. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
italian sausage	1	lb	sweet	1569.4315	2.9484	64.637	142.1107
beef	3/4		ground lean	397.8009	0.0	78.4382	9.146
onion	1/2	cup	minced	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic clove	2		crushed	-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	crushed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
tomato paste	2	cans		278.8	64.294	14.687999999999999	1.598
tomato sauce	2	cans	canned	-	-	-	-
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white sugar	2	tablespoons		97.524	25.195	0.0	0.0
basil leaf	1 1/2	1/2	dried	-	-	-	-
fennel seed	1/2	teaspoon		3.45	0.5229	0.158	0.1487
italian seasoning	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
parsley	4	tablespoons	chopped	5.472	0.9622	0.4514	0.1201
lasagna noodle	12			-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	16	ounces		789.2499	13.7892	51.0744	58.8762
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
mozzarella cheese	3/4		sliced	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	3/4	cup	grated	222.0	24.0	24.0	3.0

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