Seven Cheese Red Lasagna with Sausage

prep time:: 20 minutes
total time:: 1 hour 20 minutes

Makes 12 servings

Lizzie’s favorite, other than grilled cheese and floppy bacon. This is easy, relatively inexpensive, not “stouffers”. Make sure to use provalone, fontina and any kind of parm and romano mix. Dont’t forget the mozzarella, and a little extra sharp ceddar cheese. This is a very hearty dish taht takes a little time, but is well worth the effort.

ingredients

1 pound of provolone cheese
16 ounce container of ricotta cheese
1 pound of mozzarella cheese
1/2 pound of fontina cheese
1/2 pound of extra sharp cheddar cheese
1 cups of parmesan cheese
1 cup of romano cheese
2 16 ounce cans of crushed tomatoes with basil or your favorite sauce
1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon of parsley
garlic salt to taste
1 pound of hot Italian sausage
1 pound of ground beef
1/2 pound of lasagna noodles

directions

Shred cheeses as necessary. Brown ground beef and sausage. Add beef and sausage to tomato sauce mixture and simmer with Italian spices. Grease 9 1/2 by 13 inch glass casserole and place one cup of beef, sausage sauce mixture in pan. Layer with 3 lasagna noodles uncooked. Layer again with beef sausage sauce, top with 1/3 ricotta and repeat process for next two layers. Reserve sauce for top layer and spred evenly. Bake at 350 degreess for 45 minutes. Allow to cool and cu into 12 serving pieces. Top each piece with leftover sauce and serve with a fresh ceasar salad.