Gales' Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 (20 ounce) can whole tomatoes
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 lb ricotta cheese
• 1 lb mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/2 lb lasagna noodle (9 pieces)

Recipe

• 1 brown ground beef. drain.
• 2 in olive oil cook onion till transparent. add garlic to onion and just heat through.
• 3 in a dutch oven add whole tomatoes (break into pieces), tomato paste, onion and garlic, ground beef, salt, pepper, basil, bay leaf and oregano. simmer 1 hour until sauce thickens. remove bay leaf.
• 4 cook lasagna noodles. drain and rinse.
• 5 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 6 grease 13 x 9 pan with olive oil.
• 7 layer as follows:.
• 8 on bottom place one layer of noodles,.
• 9 spread 1/2 ricotta cheese.
• 10 1/3 of sauce.
• 11 1/2 of mozzarella cheese.
• 12 1/3 of parmesean cheese.
• 13 repeat.
• 14 layer of noodles.
• 15 1/3 of sauce.
• 16 1/3 of parmesean.
• 17 bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
• 18 stand 10 minutes at room temp before cutting.