Carnivore's Lasagna
This one's for meat lovers especially- it's filled with ground beef, italian sausage, pepperoni, and meatballs. i actually hardly ever eat this myself, but i make it for my dad whenever he comes to visit. he's an insanely picky eater, but he loves this lasagna and goes through the whole pan in a matter of days. he is healthy for his age, so i don't feel bad making this for him... but i do sometimes sub lean ground chicken or turkey in place of the ground beef, and i've started making my own healthier italian sausage to use in this recipe as well. he's never been able to tell the difference ;p
Steps
Preheat oven to 350f.
In a heavy pan , heat the olive oil over medium heat.
Add the onion , garlic , half of the ground meat , and the italian sausage.
Brown for 10 minutes.
Drain the meat mixture , if needed.
Add the tomato sauce , brown sugar , 1 tablespoon parsley , and 1 / 2 teaspoon each of the fennel seed , basil , thyme , oregano , black pepper and salt.
Gently stir , cover , and let simmer over low heat for 1 hour.
While the sauce is cooking , prepare the meatballs , ricotta cheese mixture , and lasagna noodles.
First , beat 1 egg in a large bowl.
Add the oatmeal , 1 / 2 cup of parmasan , and the rest of the ground meat , black pepper , fennel seed , basil , thyme , oregano , and salt.
Combine well.
Roll the meat into balls that are about 1 inch in diameter.
Place them on a sprayed pan and bake for 20 minutes , turning the meatballs over halfway through the cooking time.
Put the ricotta cheese in another bowl.
Add the other egg , nutmeg , and rest of parsley.
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Ingredients
olive oil, lean ground beef, hot italian sausage, onion, garlic cloves, tomato sauce, brown sugar, fennel seed, dry basil, dried thyme, dry oregano, salt, black pepper, dried parsley, eggs, oatmeal, parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese, ground nutmeg, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, lasagna noodles