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Love this! Leftover Meatballs Lasagna

December 9, 2018 by Becky Spoon

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This Leftover Meatballs Lasagna is so easy and the perfect dish to use the leftover meatballs and sauce from your spaghetti and meatballs dinner! Remember that Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe I posted the other day? Here’s the link for you: https://the2spoons.com/easy-spaghetti-and-meatballs/.

Easy Spaghetti and Meatballs
Easy Spaghetti and Meatballs

I use the leftover meatballs in the marinara to make this lasagna. I slice them and use them as one of the layers! I love lasagna.  You know, I go to an Italian restaurant, I can order anything.  What do I order? Lasagna. Maybe it’s the layers of oozing goodness, ricotta, mozzarella, marinara, parmesan, sausage or in this case, meatballs.! Yes, meatballs! This is a simple, delicious recipe.

Easy Spaghetti and Meatballs
Easy Spaghetti and Meatballs

Love this! Leftover Meatballs Lasagna

Leftover Meatballs Lasagna
Leftover Meatballs Lasagna

Here’s the recipe! Enjoy!

Meatball Lasagna

Print Recipe
Prep Time 25 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins
Course dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

Mise en Place

  • 1 recipe Basic Marinara (https://the2spoons.com/basic-marinara-sauce/) or my easy Spaghetti and Meatballs (https://the2spoons.com/easy-spaghetti-and-meatballs/)
  • 1 recipe Meatballs (https://the2spoons.com/bucatini-and-meatballs/)
  • 1 pkg oven ready lasagna sheets or fresh pasta sheets
  • 1 lb mozzarella cheese, either sliced or grated
  • 1 ricotta filling recipe (see below)
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Ricotta filling

  • 1 15oz whole milk ricotta
  • 3/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp salt and pepper, each
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350. Set up your mise en place, ie.; your sauce, your meatballs that have been sliced, your sliced mozzarella, your parmesan cheese, your lasagna sheets.
  • I used a 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 square pan, however; you can double the recipe and use a rectangular pan of your choice.  Cover the bottom of your pan with about 1 cup sauce and put your first layer of pasta sheets overlapping a little as shown in the picture.  
  • Cover with about 1/3 to 1/2 of the ricotta mixture (depending how many layers you are making). Add your sliced meatballs.  
  • Top with your mozzarella. 
  • Add 3/4 cup to a cup of the marinara sauce and spread evenly over the cheese.
  • Repeat the layers, layering your pasta sheets in the opposite direction ending with just a final lasagna sheet, topped with sauce and your parmesan cheese.  
  • Cover with lightly oiled foil and cook for about 45 minutes until puffed up and bubbling.  
  • At this time uncover the lasagna and cook an additional 15 minutes.  Let the lasagna rest for about 15 minutes before you cut into squares.
  • At this point I like to cut into squares and put in individual single serving dishes, top with mozzarella, put under the broiler and melt the cheese and let it get a little brown on top.  Bon Appetite! 
Keyword Italian, Italian Food, Lasagna, leftovers, meatballs, meatballs lasagna-

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