Summer Lasagna
Around this time of year, when the air is occasionally cooler but the garden is still producing food in abundance, I start craving comfort food. I want all the winter classics, but with a fresh twist.
Enter this recipe.
Who doesn’t like lasagna? It’s so comforting, but also so delicious. With this recipe, it’s packed with fresh tomatoes and herbs. I made my own cheese for it too! With all that and the home grown meat, only the noodles and parmesan didn’t come from our farm. Plus, all of this is made in one pot! I love meals like this!
You can for sure adapt this to make it in the winter too. Use canned tomatoes and dried herbs!
I’ll publish a mozzarella recipe soon, but here’s my ricotta recipe you can use in this!
Summer Lasagna
Ingredients:
1 pound Italian sausage
1 pound ground beef
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
6-8 (I used 3 large tomatoes) cups fresh tomatoes, rough chopped
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1-2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves (1 1/2 teaspoon dried)
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped (1 tablespoon dried)
3 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped (1 tablespoon dried)
1/3 cup fresh basil, chopped (2 tablespoons dried)
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves (1 teaspoon dried)\
12 (give or take) ready to bake dried lasagna noodles
2 cups ricotta
1 cup parmesan
2 cups fresh sliced or shredded mozzarella
Instructions:
In an oven safe Dutch oven, cook up the sausage and ground beef with the garlic, onion, and salt and pepper to taste. Once cooked, drain any fat if necessary.
Add the tomatoes and the herbs. Cook on the stove top until the tomatoes start breaking down. This will take 5-10 minutes. Turn off buner.
Remove 2/3 of the meat sauce. With 1/3 of the sauce still in the bottom of the Dutch oven, layer in 1/3 of the noodles and 1/3 of all the cheeses. Cover this layer with 1/3 of the sauce and repeat adding the noodles and cheese. Repeat this one more time ending with the mozzarella on top.
Place lasagna in the oven at 350 degrees. Bake for about 45-60 minutes or until the noodles are cooked through. Scoop out and enjoy the comforts of summer!
