Beef Sirloin Lasagna
1 hour 45 minutes |
Servings:
10 |
Prep:
60 minutes |
Cook:
45 minutes
Beef Sirloin Lasagna
1 hour 45 minutes
Servings:
10
Prep:
60 minutes
Cook:
45 minutes
Beef Sirloin Lasagna
1 hour 45 minutes
Servings:
10
Prep:
60 minutes
Cook:
45 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp (25 mL) canola oil
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 medium Peak of the Market onion, chopped (approximately 1 cup)
- 1 lb (500 g) ground sirloin beef
- 1/2 lb (250 g) Italian sausage (mild or spicy) 250g package
- 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) fennel seeds
- 2 tsp (10 mL) Italian seasoning blend
- 2 tsp (10 mL) salt
- 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) black pepper
- 1/4 tsp (1.5 mL) crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- 1 (28 fl. ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
- 1/2 cup (120 mL) water
- 2 Tbsp (25 mL) sugar or ketchup
- 1-40 g package fresh basil, chopped (approximately 1/2 cup chopped fresh basic) divided
- 3 Tbsp (45 mL) fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 package 16 oz ricotta cheese/cottage cheese
- 1 egg
- 3 cups Mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
- 1/4 tsp (1.5 mL) nutmeg
- 1 package 375 g express lasagna noodle, oven ready (1/2 package required)
Method
- In a large stockpot on medium heat add oil, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, fennel seed, Italian seasoning, cook until onion begins to soften.
- Add beef and sausage, removed from casings, break up until well combined.
- Add tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, water and sugar. Simmer on low heat for 1-2 hours stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat and add fresh chopped basil (1/4 cup), stir and set to cool.
- Combine in a large bowl, ricotta, basil (1/4 cup), parsley, mozzarella, parmesan (1/2 cup each), egg and nutmeg.
- In a 9×13 inch baking dish ladle the beef sauce to cover the bottom. Arrange oven-rady lasagna noodles to cover the sauce. Add half the ricotta cheese mixture and spread evenly over the noodles. Sprinkle approximately 1 cup of mozzarella over the ricotta cheese. Layer a second layer of beef sauce, noodles, ricotta and mozzarella. Top with the remaining amount of beef sauce and cover with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
- Bake at 350 F (180 C) for 35-45 minutes.