Recipe: Baked Lasagna with Meat Sauce

BAKED LASAGNA WITH MEAT SAUCE

4 cups meat sauce (recipe follows)
Lasagna noodles
2 eggs
3/4 lb. Ricotta (Italian cottage cheese)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 lb. Mozzarella cheese, sliced
4 tsp. grated Parmesan cheese

Prepare meat sauce (recipe follows).

Boil noodles. Rinse in cold water until noodles can be handled. Do not drain.

Mix eggs and ricotta. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Grease baking dish and arrange the bottom with parallel layers of lasagna. Cover with meat sauce, Ricotta mixture and thin slices of Mozzarella. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Cover with another layer of lasagna, sauce and cheeses; continue until all is used.

Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F) for 30 minutes.

MEAT SAUCE

1 lb. ground meat (1/2 pork and 1/2 beef)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 clove garlic, chopped or pressed
1 carrot, grated
1 (2 1/2 lb.) size can tomatoes, chopped
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
1/2 cup dry red wine (optional)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. basil
1/4 tsp. pepper

Saute onion, parsley, garlic and carrot in oil. Add meat and brown. Add tomatoes, paste, wine and water, salt, pepper and basil. Simmer 1 hour.

Makes 8 servings
Original source unknown

Dear Maria,

I don't know the original source of this recipe but the sauce has the ingredients you mentioned. Maybe it's close to the recipe you're looking for.

Happy Cooking!

Betsy