Lasagna with Turkey Sausage
(from Brooke Carroll’s recipe box)
Source: Barefoot Contessa
Serves 8 peopleCategories: Crowd Favorites
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion (1 onion)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1/2 pound sweet italian turkey sausage, casing removed
- 1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes in tomato puree
- 1 6 ounce can of tomato paste
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; divided
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black peper
- 1/2 pound lasagna noodels
- 15 ounces ricotta cheese
- 3 to 4 ounces creamy goat cheese, crumbled
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus 1/4 cup for sprinkling
- 1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 pound fresh mozarella, thinly sliced
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
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Heat the olive oil in a large (10 to 12 inch) skillet.
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Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes ove medium-low heat, until translucent.
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Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
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Add the sausage and cook over medium-low heat, breaking it up with a for, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until no longer pink.
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Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 tablespoons of the parsley, the basil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
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Simmer uncovered, over medium-low heat, for 15 to 20 minutes, until thickened.
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Fill a large bowl with the hottest tap water.
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Add the noodels and allow them to sit in the water for 20 minutes. Drain.
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In a medisum bowl, combine the ricotta, goat cheese, 1 cup of Parmesan, the egg, the remaining 2 tablespoons of parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
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Ladle 1/3 of the sauce into a 9 × 12 × 2 inch rectangular baking dish, spreading the sauce over the bottom of the dish.
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Then add the layers as follows: half the pasta, half the mozzarella, ricotta, and finally sauce.
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Sprinking with 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese. Bake for 30 minutes until sauce is bubbling.