Pork Lasagna
This Pork Lasagna offers a hearty take on a classic dish. It features layers of tender ground pork, smooth ricotta, and melted cheese.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 white onion chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1/2 lbs ground pork
- 45 oz spaghetti sauce any flavor
- 28 oz. diced tomatoes drained
- 16 oz. ricotta cheese
- 1 egg beaten
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon basil
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 6 lasagna noodles uncooked
- 3 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet. Add in chopped onion, garlic, salt, pepper and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat.
- Add ground pork into skillet and cook until browned. Drain grease.
- Stir in can of drained diced tomatoes and jar of spaghetti sauce. Warm for 10 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat.
- Combine ricotta cheese, egg, parmesan cheese, basil, and oregano in a bowl. Mix well, set aside.
- Spread two cups of ground pork sauce mixture over the bottom of a 3 quart lasagna baking dish.
- Arrange three uncooked lasagna noodles in a layer on top of the sauce mixture.
- Spoon half of the ricotta mixture over the noodles and spread evenly.
- Sprinkle half of the mozzarella cheese over the ricotta layer.
- Repeat the layers. Two cups of pork sauce mixture, lasagna noodles, ricotta, mozzarella.
- Finish by sprinkling the remaining mozzarella cheese as the top layer of the lasagna.
- Cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees F.