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Tomato Meat Sauce 3 tablespoons of olive oil 1 pound of ground beef 1 pound of lasagne noodles, cooked and drained 3/4 pound of mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced 2 hard cooked eggs, sliced 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 teaspoon of pepper 1 cup of ricotta
Prepare sauce, allowing 4 1/2 hours of cooking. Heat olive oil in a skillet. Add ground beef and cook until browned, separating into small pieces. Spread 1/2 cup of sauce in a 2 quart baking dish. Top with a layer of noodles and half the mozzarella cheese. Spread half the ground beef and half the egg slices on top. Sprinkle on half the parmesan cheese and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Top with 1/2 cup ricotta. Beginning with sauce, repeat layering, ending with ricotta. Top ricotta with 1/2 cup sauce. Arrange over this remaining lasagne noodles. Top with more sauce. Bake at 350ºF. about 30 minutes or until mixture is bubbly. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes to set the layers. Cut in squares and serve topped with remaining sauce. 6 to 8 servings
Tomato Meat sauce
1/4 cup of olive oil 1/2 cup of chopped onion 1/2 pound of ground chuck 1/2 pound of pork shoulder 7 cups of canned tomatoes with liquid, sieved 1 tablespoon of salt 1 bay leaf one 6 ounce can of tomato paste
Heat the olive oil in a saucepot. Add onion and cook until lightly browned. Put the meat into saucepot and brown on all sides. Stir in tomatoes and alt. Add bay leaf., Cover, simmer about 2 1/2 hours. Mix tomato paste into sauce. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 2 hours or until thickened. If sauce becomes too thick add 1/2 cup of water. Remove meat and bay leaf from sauce. Serve sauce over coked spaghetti. About 4 cups of sauce
Tomato Sauce with ground meat: Follow recipe for Tomato Meat sauce. When cooking is almost completed, brown 1/2 pound of ground beef in 3 tablespoons of olive oil, cutting beef into small pieces with a fork or spoon. After removing, meat from sauce, add ground meat and simmer 10 minutes. |
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