I think it’s safe to say that most everyone loves a good lasagna. And this Classic Beef Lasagna is a good one. It has a homemade meat sauce and plenty of cheese. And you do not even have to cook the lasagna noodles in this recipe. Yep, the sauce has enough liquid that the noodles will soften up in the lasagna as it cooks.
Ingredients needed for Classic Beef Lasagna:
ground beef onion garlic tomato sauce tomato paste sugar Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt, pepper ricotta cheese mozzarella cheese Parmesan cheese egg lasagna noodles fresh parsley
How to make Lasagna:
Lasagna is put together in a series of layers. So you’ll make the homemade meat sauce first, and then combine ingredients for the ricotta cheese mixture. Spread ¾ cup of the meat sauce on the bottom of a 9×13-inch pan. Place lasagna noodles on top of the sauce. Spoon ⅓ of the cheese mixture on top of the noodles. It’s best to put spoonfuls all around and then spread it to cover. Spread ¼ of the remaining meat sauce to cover the cheese layer. Repeat this process TWO more times. Lasagna noodles go on top. Then spread over the noodles all of the remaining sauce.
Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese on top. Then cover the whole dish with foil, and bake for 50 minutes. Then remove the foil, and bake for about 10 more minutes.
Remove the foil from the pan, and let the lasagna sit for 10 to 15 minutes before serving. It needs some time to cool off a bit before you try to cut into all of those luscious layers of pasta!
If you give the lasagna ample time to cool, you’ll be able to get nice, clean slices out of it. If you cut it while it’s still majorly steaming hot, it tends to fall apart as you scoop it out. Be patient.
And there it is… a perfect slice of Classic Beef Lasagna. It’s a really great recipe, and it’s one that everyone will love you for when you make it for dinner. If you prefer not to have beef, try my very popular recipe for Garden Vegetable Lasagna. If you like chicken, try this White Chicken Lasagna instead. Enjoy!
