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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F | 2. Lasagna Sauce: | 3. Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until soft. | 4. Add beef, season with salt and pepper, then brown. | 5. Stir in basil, oregano and red pepper flakes. | 6. Add diced tomatoes and tomato sauce and bring to a simmer. | 7. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 to 15 minutes. | 8. Remove from heat and set aside. | 9. Cheese Filling: | 10. In a separate bowl, combine ricotta, 2/3 of the mozzarella, egg, and black pepper. | 11. Mix well. | 12. Putting it together: | 13. Pour 1 cup of the meat sauce in the bottom of a 13 by 9-inch lasagna pan. | 14. Arrange 4 UNCOOKED lasagna noodles on top of sauce, overlapping noodles slightly to cover the bottom. | 15. Spoon half of the cheese mixture over noodles. | 16. Cover cheese mixture with 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce and 4 more noodles. | 17. Top second layer of noodles with remaining cheese mixture, 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce and 4 more noodles. | 18. Top noodles with 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce and remaining mozzarella cheese. | 19. Top with Parmesan cheese. | 20. Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 more minutes, until top is golden and bubbly. | 21. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1/3	tablespoon		39.78	0.0	0.0	4.5
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
beef	1 1/2	1/2	ground ground lean	795.6018	0.0	156.8764	18.292
basil	1/2	tablespoon	dried	0.3047	0.0351	0.0417	0.0085
oregano	1/2	tablespoon	dried	3.975	1.0338	0.135	0.0642
red pepper flake	1/4	teaspoon	crushed	-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	diced	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
tomato sauce	0.5	can		-	-	-	-
salt black pepper				-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	3	cups		1294.56	22.6176	83.7744	96.5712
mozzarella cheese	16	ounces	grated divided	1469.6377	123.4677	61.5071	81.0569
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
lasagna noodle	12		uncooked	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0

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