Jeremy's Classic Meat And Cheese Lasagna - Dacor Wall Ovens Manual

Default Mode and Temperature: Convection Bake/400˚
Suggested Time: 1 hour
Tips: Use rack position 2. Place in 9 x 13 x 2" baking dish. For two dishes, use rack positions 1 and 4.
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Jeremy's Classic Lasagna with Meat and Cheese
SAUCE
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 Tablespoons minced garlic
8 ounces lean ground beef
6 ounces spicy Italian sausages, casings removed
28 ounce can crushed tomatoes with added puree
1
⁄ cup tomato paste
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1
⁄ cup chopped fresh basil
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1 Tablespoon light brown sugar
1 Tablespoon dried oregano
1 bay leaf
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⁄ teaspoon crushed hot red pepper
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FOR SAUCE
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté until softened. Add beef and sausages to pan; sauté
until cooked through, breaking up meat with back of spoon, about 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until fla-
vors blend and sauce reduces to about 5 cups, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Allow to cool.
FOR LASAGNA
Cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water until almost tender, about 7 minutes. Drain; rinse with cold water.
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Combine ricotta and ⁄ cup Parmesan cheese (reserve
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spinach. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix in eggs.
Adjust oven rack to position 2. In Dacor Guide, select Fresh Lasagna. Allow oven to preheat. Drain pasta and pat dry. Spread
sauce over bottom of 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Place 5 noodles over sauce, overlapping to fit. Spread half of ricotta-spinach mixture
evenly over noodles. Sprinkle 2 cups mozzarella cheese evenly over ricotta-spinach mixture. Spoon 1
spreading with spatula to cover (sauce will be thick). Repeat layering with 5 noodles, remaining ricotta-spinach mixture, 2 cups
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mozzarella and 1 ⁄ cups sauce. Arrange remaining 5 noodles over sauce. Spread remaining sauce over noodles. Sprinkle remaining
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⁄ cup mozzarella cheese and
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Place in oven and set timer for 50 minutes, then remove foil cover. Bake for an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is brown and
bubbly.
Let lasagna stand 15 minutes before serving.
Serves 8.
RECIPES
Fresh Lasagna
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⁄ cups Parmesan cheese for the top of the lasagna) in medium bowl. Mix in
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⁄ cup Parmesan cheese evenly over lasagna. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
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LASAGNA
15 dried lasagna noodles (about 12 ounces)
(2) 15 ounce containers part-skim ricotta cheese
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
(1) 6 ounce bag chopped fresh baby spinach
2 large eggs
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4 ⁄ cups shredded mozzarella cheese (about 1
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⁄ cup
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⁄ cups sauce over cheese,
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