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Meatball Lasagna

Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
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! 
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