Not Your Ordinary Baked Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
• 16 ounces penne rigate
• 32 ounces ricotta cheese
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese
• 2 cups parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 4 tablespoons italian seasoning

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 2 prepare pasta according to package directions, drain and set aside.
• 3 while pasta is cooking, brown hamburger in a skillet. season with 3 tbsp of the italian seasoning. add garlic about 5 minutes before hamburger is done. drain and set aside.
• 4 mix ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella, 1 cup parmesan, eggs, remaining italian seasoning and basil in a large bowl.
• 5 return hamburger to skillet and add spaghetti sauce, reserving about 1/2 cup. heat thoroughly, stirring occasionally.
• 6 while meat mixture is heating, add pasta to cheese mixture. gently stir to combine.
• 7 spay a 13x9 inch baking pan evenly with the cooking spray.
• 8 pour remaining spaghetti sauce into the pan and spread evenly.
• 9 layer the mixtures as follows: pasta/cheese mix, meat mix, 1/2 remaining mozzarella, and 1/2 remaining parmesan. repeat layers once.
• 10 cover and bake for about 35 minutes or until bubbling hot. uncover and bake additional 10 minutes.