Quick Sausage and Mushroom Lasagna
(from saymyname’s recipe box)
Source: Bon Appetit
Serves 10 peopleCategories: Casserole, Lasagna, Main Dish, Pork
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 8-ounce packages sliced crimini (baby bella) mushrooms
- 1 large onion, chopped (about 2 cups)
- 2 tablespoons dried Italian seasoning blend
- 1 pound hot Italian sausages, casings removed
- 3 garlic cloves, pressed
- 1 cup dry red wine
- 4 2/3 cups marinara sauce (from two 26-ounce jars)
- 1 9-ounce package no-cook lasagna noodles
- 1 15-ounce container ricotta cheese
- 2 8-ounce bags Italian blend grated cheese (4 cups)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Heat oil in heavy large pot over high heat.
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Add mushrooms, onion, and seasoning blend; sauté until vegetables begin to soften, about 6 minutes.
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Add sausage and sautéuntil brown and cooked through, breaking up with back of spoon, about 5 minutes.
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Add garlic and stir 1 minute. Add wine; cook until almost all liquid evaporates, scraping up browned bits, about 2 minutes. Set aside.
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Spread 2/3 cup marinara sauce over bottom of 13×9×2-inch baking dish.
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Place noodles (about 4) over sauce, forming 1 layer (noodles may overlap slightly).
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Spread 1 cup sauce over noodles.
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Top with 1/3 of ricotta, then 1 cup grated cheese.
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Spoon 1/3 of sausage mixture over. Repeat 2 more times with noodles, sauce, ricotta, grated cheese, and sausage mixture.
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Cover with 4 more noodles.
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Spoon remaining 1 cup sauce over; sprinkle remaining 1 cup grated cheese over.
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Cover with foil, tenting in center to prevent cheese from touching foil.
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Bake lasagna 45 minutes; remove foil.
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Bake until bubbling at edges and cheese is browned, about 10 minutes longer. Let stand 15 minutes.