- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 2 servings
You don’t need hours to make amazing lasagna. This simplified lasagna recipe calls on flavorful sausage, a light homemade tomato sauce, and fresh basil. The sausage is pre-seasoned and spiced, which adds lots of extra favor to the sauce. Use pork, chicken or turkey sausage to make this.
Ingredient:
- For the Sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound (450g) bulk Italian sausage
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped, 1 ½ cups
- 2 medium carrots, finely chopped, 3/4 cup
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic, about 3 cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste
- 1 (12oz) jar roasted red peppers, drained and cut into 1/2-inch pieces, 1 heaping cup
- 1 (28oz) can crushed tomatoes
- Generous handful fresh basil leaves, chopped
- For the Lasagna
- 14 lasagna noodles
- One (15oz) container ricotta cheese or cottage cheese
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ounces (60g) parmesan cheese, grated, 1 cup
- 8 ounces (230g) low-moisture mozzarella cheese, shredded, 2 cups
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper
