Hi, just thought I'd share, this is a lasagna recipe my dad used that I've altered a bit over the years...
Dads (and Debs) Lasagna
cooked lasagna noodles
2 lbs hamb meat
pepperoni (sliced but not as thin as sandwich meat)
mozzarella, shredded
mushrooms, sliced
ricotta cheese
pasta sauce, 2 jars or equivalent homemade
1. fry up hamb, season a bit to your taste. place in layer along bottom of a really deep roaster or dutch oven.
2. pour some sauce over it, then layer some noodles over it, then coat with some more sauce. Hit all parts, don't want it to dry out.
3. pour and spread tub of ricotta over this, evenly to all edges. Over this add sliced mushrooms.
4. layer of sauce, noodles, and sauce again.
5. place layer of sliced pepperoni, put a layer of sauce, then noodles, then sauce again. (the sauce is important, sounds like alot but it takes awhile to heat up something this thick and you don't want to dry out the edges of the noodles).
6. place a layer of shredded mozarella, I sometimes add other cheeses that I have lying around, i.e. chedder, parm, monteray jack... whatever make it your own.
7. heat in 350 degree oven for 45 min or until heated through.
Makes a HUGE lasagna, easily feeds 6.
I often make two smaller and freeze one, got in habit when I had an elderly neighbour living below me. I couldn't eat a whole one in a week, and she loved it (gave her something homemade instead of from M & M's meatshop for once).
I am always open to suggestions, if someone has an idea to alter, rest assured it will probibly be tried out eventually, tried alot of stuff with this recipe, ricotta is just not something that would have occured to my dad, and I'm not fussed on cream cheese in lasagna.