Traditional Italian Spinach Lasagna

"This is a dish I make only once a year. We invite friends to dinner. If there are any leftovers, I freeze them in single serving size bags and put those into a large freezer bag. This is labor intensive, and an all day affair for me. I like that the crosswise sections make me think of the Italian flag."
 
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Ready In:
6hrs
Ingredients:
18
Yields:
1 Large Lasagna
Serves:
18
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ingredients

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directions

  • Saute the onions and garlic in a heavy iron pot in olive oil, until translucent, then remove from pot, and set aside.
  • Put sausage in pot with ground fennel and brown.
  • Add basil, oregano, and parsley.
  • Stir in onions and garlic, as well as tomatoes, tomato sauce and paste.
  • Let simmer gently about 2-3 hours.
  • Boil lasagna noodles according to package directions, and hang to dry.
  • Beat together eggs, ricotta and parmesan cheese, set aside.
  • Build lasanga:

  • Barely cover bottom of large, deep lasagna pan with sauce.
  • Place a layer of noodles lengthwise over sauce.
  • Place all of spinach over noodles.
  • Cover this with a layer of noodles shortwise.
  • Spread ricotta cheese mixture over noodles, and cover this with a lengthwise layer of noodles.
  • Put one half of remaining sauce over noodles and cover with shortwise noodles.
  • place mozzerella cheese over noodles into a somewhat solid sheet and cover with lengthwise noodles.
  • Pour remaining sauce over top.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, or until bubbly.
  • Grate hard cheese over top as soon as you pull it from the oven.
  • Serve with Italian bread and a salad.

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  1. I really enjoyed this recipe, however I feel that it tasted alittle bit better when I put in one and a half ponds of sausage and one and a half ponds of hamburger.
     
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