Five Cheese Lasagna


Our family lasagna recipe. Produces a drier lasagna since the noodles are cooked in the sauce. Makes a very large pan - serve with the required salad, garlic toast and a glass of nice red wine.

Steps


Brown ground round , onions and green pepper in skillet or dutch oven.
When about half browned add the garlic powder , salt , pepper , oregano , basil and thyme.
When finished browning , remove from heat and add red wine to deglaze pan.
After deglazing , add spaghetti sauce and continue to simmer for approximately 10-15 minutes.
The best part here is that you get to sample a little sauce and add any extras you think it needs.
Maybe a little more garlic or pepper ?.
Adjust to your tastes.
Ladle a small amount of spaghetti sauce into a 9x13 inch pan.
This is more to keep the noodles from sticking than anything else.
Cover bottom of pan with dry noodles and add more sauce.
Top with one third of all the cheeses- mozzarella , cheddar , jack cheese& parmesan.
Add another layer of noodles and coat with the container of ricotta cheese.
Sprinkle generously with parmesan and more white cheeses.
Add the final layer of noodles , the rest of the sauce , and the rest of the cheeses.
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Ingredients


ground round, spaghetti sauce, dry lasagna noodles, ricotta cheese, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, monterey jack cheese, parmesan cheese, yellow onion, green pepper, garlic powder, salt, pepper, oregano, basil, thyme, red wine