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World's Best Lasagna

Name: World's Best Lasagna
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 195 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: sweet Italian sausage; lean ground beef; minced onion; garlic, crushed; can crushed tomatoes; cans canned tomato sauce; cans tomato paste; water; white sugar; chopped fresh parsley, divided; dried basil leaves; salt, divided, or to taste; Italian seasoning; fennel seeds; ground black pepper; lasagna noodles; ricotta cheese; egg; mozzarella cheese, sliced; grated Parmesan cheese

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Quick Facts

Prep Time30 min

Cook Time150 min

Servings12

DifficultyMedium

James Anderson•11/01/2025•1 min read•Updated 3 weeks ago

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Prep Time:

30 mins

Cook Time:

2 hrs 30 mins

Additional Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

3 hrs 15 mins

Servings:

Yield:

12 servings

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This lasagna recipe from John Chandler is our most popular recipe! With sausage, ground beef, basil, and 3 types of cheese, it lives up to its name!

Ingredients

1 poundsweet Italian sausage
0.75 poundslean ground beef
0.5 cupsminced onion
2 clovesgarlic, crushed
1can crushed tomatoes
2cans canned tomato sauce
2cans tomato paste
0.5 cupswater
2 tablespoonswhite sugar
4 tablespoonschopped fresh parsley, divided
1.5 teaspoonsdried basil leaves
1.5 teaspoonssalt, divided, or to taste
1 teaspoonItalian seasoning
0.5 teaspoonsfennel seeds
0.25 teaspoonsground black pepper
12lasagna noodles
16 ouncesricotta cheese
1egg
0.75 poundsmozzarella cheese, sliced
0.75 cupsgrated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Gather all your ingredients.
Cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic in a Dutch oven over medium heat until well browned.
Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water. Season with sugar, 2 tablespoons parsley, basil, 1 teaspoon salt, Italian seasoning, fennel seeds, and pepper. Simmer, covered, for about 1 ½ hours, stirring occasionally.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water.
In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining 2 tablespoons parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
To assemble, spread 1 ½ cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce, overlapping slightly. Spread with 1/2 of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 ½ cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 25 minutes.
Rest lasagna for 15 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories

448

Fat

21 g

Carbs

37 g

Protein

30 g

Fiber

4 g

Sugar

9 g

Sodium

1400 mg

Cholesterol

82 mg

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