Easy lasagna casserole recipe made with homemade sauces and not your traditional noodles - but pasta!
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Ingredients
48oz.marinara sauce
1lb.ground meatvenison, sausage or beef
16oz.dried pasta
16oz.cottage cheesesmall curd
1cupnatural sour cream
1cupfreshly grated Parmesan cheese
2cupsmozzarellashredded, divided
1/2cupheavy whipping cream
1/3cupfresh basilchopped
2Tablespoonsfresh parsleychopped
3garlic clovesminced
1 1/2teaspoonsalt
Instructions
Boil a large pot of salted water and pour an entire 16 oz. box of dried pasta into it. Cook the pasta al dente, drain, and stir in some olive oil to keep the pasta from sticking. Set aside.
For the red sauce, cook 1 pound of ground venison, sausage, or beef. Drain it well and add two 24 oz. jars of quality marinara sauce. Simmer the sauce on low for a few minutes and set aside.
For the white sauce, stir together 16 oz. of small curd cottage cheese, 1 cup full fat sour cream, 1 cup mozzarella, fresh basil, fresh parsley, three cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan and 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream.
Layer the easy lasagna using the following order: red sauce (at bottom), 1/2 of the pasta, red sauce, white sauce, remaining pasta, red sauce, white sauce, red sauce, remaining cup of mozzarella cheese.
Bake the lasagna in a 350 degree oven for 45 -55 minutes or until golden and bubbly.