Mom's Lasagna

Total Time: 9 hrs Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 (29 ounce) cans tomato puree
• 12 ounces water
• 2 (12 ounce) cans beer or 24 ounces red wine
• 1 1/4 teaspoons parsley
• 1 -4 garlic clove, minced
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 lbs ground beef, browned and drained
• 9 -12 lasagna noodles, cooked according to package
• 1 lb ricotta cheese or 1 lb cottage cheese
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 3/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 -1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese (i prefer slicing this cheese)
• 1 -1 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese

Recipe

• 1 first in a large pot saute onion and garlic in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until tender.
• 2 add:.
• 3 tomato paste, tomato puree, water, beer, parsley, salt pepper and sugar.
• 4 simmer 6+ hours uncovered.
• 5 cook your ground beef, i like to add extra garlic, onions and italian seasoning while cooking
• 6 boil your noodles.
• 7 in a medium size bowl make your cheese mix, the ricotta(or cottage cheese), parsley, and oregano.
• 8 in a 13x9 inch pan.
• 9 layer ingredients as follows.
• 10 1 sauce.
• 11 2 single layer of noodles.
• 12 3 mixture.
• 13 4 cheeses.
• 14 repeat until pan is full makes 3 to 4 layers.
• 15 top with sauce and more cheese.
• 16 cover with foil and bake 350 for 45mins to 1 hour.
• 17 let stand for 10 to 15 mins.