Barbecue Lasagna
Years ago, mid 1990 i think. I was sitting around talking about how the pizza chains had come out with bbq pizza when i got the idea of bbq lasagna. I was inspired by the pizza, my italian family upbringing and my southern living as an adult. This may sound strange at first but everyone i have served it to for the past 10+ years loved it. I start by cooking a large 6-10 lb boston butt on the smoker ahead of time slicing off some for a diner and then pulling the rest for pulled pork sandwiches and of course bbq lasagna. If you are already accustomed to pulled pork you are ahead of the game. If not there are many great smoked boston butt/pulled pork recipes on the web. if this seams like way to much work (smoking/ barbequing is a sport and requires lots of time and beer) then there is ready made pulled pork alternatives sold in most grocery stores that could be used. here is one i see in the stores. Lloyd’s bbq pork, search lloydsbbq.com http://www.lloydsbbq.com/products_shredporkbbq
Steps
Preheat oven to 350f.
Bring pulled pork in favorite bbq sauce at a slow simmer on stove top.
In a medium mixing bowl , combine ricotta , egg , salt , black pepper.
Mix until smooth.
Put aside.
In a medium mixing bowl , combine shredded mozzarella cheese and cheddar cheese.
Put aside.
Boil 6 quarts of water , add pinch of salt , and cook pasta to almost done.
Rinse in cold water.
Spoon enough sauce from your simmering pork mix to spread around bottom and sides of a 10x14x3 or closest sized baking pan you have and place one layer of lasagna on the bottom of the pan.
Spread evenly over lasagna a nice layer of pork and sauce.
Next spread a layer of ricotta mixture and sprinkle on mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
Repeat layering.
Usually 3 or 4 layers depending on pan used.
The goal is to use equal quantity of filling between each layer.
On the top layer , top with remaining ricotta , thin layer of pulled pork and lightly sprinkling with cheese saving some cheese to top durin.
Ingredients
shredded pork with barbecue sauce, lasagna noodles, ricotta cheese, egg, salt, black pepper, pre-shredded mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese