Megans Incredible Sausage Spinach Lasagna Food

OUR FAVORITE LASAGNA WITH SAUSAGE, SPINACH, AND THREE CHEESES

Steps:

• Preparation:
• Position the rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 375°F.
• Make the sauce:
• In a large pot over medium-high heat, heat the oil. Add the sausage, onion and 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; cook, breaking up sausage with a wooden spoon, until browned and cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and add garlic, red-pepper flakes, and tomato paste; cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes more. Add tomatoes (along with their juice) and oregano; bring to a simmer, and cook, breaking up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon until in small pieces, about 5 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning, adding more red-pepper flakes if desired.
• Make the filling:
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine all of the filling ingredients and process until mostly smooth.
• Assemble the lasagna:
• Squeeze the spinach in a paper towel or clean dishcloth until very dry. Transfer to a bowl and season with a pinch of salt.
• Coat baking dish with cooking spray and spread the bottom with 2 cups sauce. Top with a layer of three noodles, then a third of the ricotta mixture (about 1 1/3 cups), and a third of the spinach (about 2/3 cup). Sprinkle with 1 cup grated mozzarella.
• Repeat twice more, skipping the mozzarella on the third layer. Top the lasagna with the remaining sauce. Sprinkle the remaining 2 cups mozzarella in clusters so some of the sauce peeks through.
• Place the baking pan on a rimmed baking sheet. Lightly spray a piece of foil with cooking spray, cover the lasagna, and bake for 45 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking until lightly browned and bubbly, about 20 minutes more. Let cool at least 10 minutes before serving.
• DO AHEAD: The sauce can be prepared up to 2 days in advance and refrigerated. The filling can be prepared up to 1 day in advance and refrigerated.

MEGAN'S INCREDIBLE SAUSAGE SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• 1. Cook and cool noodles. Cook and drain spinach WELL. Cook sausage with onion until cooked through and make extremely crumbly so that you can layer.
• 2. Put a little of the combined sauces in the bottom of a 9x13 pan, then put a layer of noodles (this will prevent them from sticking). Cover with 1/3 of the ricotta, then cheese, spinach and a second layer of noodles.
• 3. Layer second layer of ricotta, sausage, and drizzle with both sauces. Top with a layer of noodles, and layer remaining ricotta, sausage, second 1/3 Italian cheese blend, and a last layer of noodles. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning, cover with remaining cheese. Drizzle with remaining alfredo, then cover to edges of the pan with the pasta sauce. Use more if necessary to prevent noodles from burning.
• 4. Bake at 350 degrees 45-55 min. Let stand 10 min.