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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, heavy saucepan over medium heat. | 2. Add onion, carrots and garlic; sauté until softened, 10-12 minutes. | 3. Add beef and sausages to pan; sauté until cooked through, breaking up meat as you stir, about 5 minutes. | 4. Add remaining ingredients. | 5. Cover and simmer until flavors blend and sauce measures about 5 cups, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. | 6. Discard bay leaf. | 7. Set aside and cool. | 8. Combine ricotta and ¾ cup Parmesan cheese in medium bowl. | 9. Mix in spinach. | 10. Season to taste with salt and pepper. | 11. Mix in eggs. | 12. Preheat oven to 350°F | 13. Spread ½ cup sauce over the bottom of a 13" by 9" glass baking dish. | 14. Place 5 noodles over sauce, overlapping to fit. | 15. Spread half of the ricotta-spinach mixture evenly over noodles. | 16. Sprinkle 2 cups mozzarella cheese evenly over ricotta-spinach mixture. | 17. Spoon 1½ cups sauce over cheese, spreading with spatula to cover (sauce will be thick). | 18. Repeat layering with 5 noodles, remaining ricotta-spinach mixture, 2 cups mozzarella and 1½ cups sauce. | 19. Arrange remaining 5 noodles over sauce. | 20. Spread remaining sauce over noodles. | 21. Sprinkle remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese evenly over the top of the lasagna. | 22. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil. | 23. Bake lasagna 40 minutes; uncover and bake until hot and bubbly, about 40 more minutes. | 24. Let lasagna stand 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	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
carrot	3/4	cup	grated	39.36	9.1968	0.8928	0.2304
garlic	2	tablespoons	minced	25.33	5.6202	1.0812	0.085
beef	8	ounces	ground lean	265.2	0.0	52.292	6.0973
italian sausage	6	ounces		588.5355	1.1056	24.2388	53.2914
tomato puree	1	can	crushed	312.36	73.8156	13.562999999999999	1.7262
tomato paste	1/4	cup		54.12	12.4806	2.8512	0.3102
basil	1/4	cup	chopped	1.38	0.159	0.18899999999999997	0.0384
golden brown sugar	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
oregano	1	tablespoon	dried	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
red pepper	1/2	teaspoon	crushed	0.625	0.1377	0.0292	0.0069
oven no boil lasagna noodle	15			-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	2	containers		-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1 1/2	cups	grated	444.0	48.0	48.0	6.0
spinach	10	ounces	thawed drained frozen	62.3689	11.0563	6.2369	0.8505
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
mozzarella cheese	2	lbs	grated	2939.2821	246.93599999999998	123.0144	162.1141

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