Mum's Lasagna

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 garlic clove, minced (or 2-3 tsp powder)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 (1 lb) can tomato (about 2 cups)
• 1 (5 ounce) can tomato paste
• 8 lasagna noodles
• 3 cups cottage cheese (marlene uses about 5 cups 1 big tub and 1 small tub)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons parsley flakes
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 brown meat slowly in a large pan. spoon off the excess fat and add the garlic, salt, tomato paste and canned tomatoes.
• 2 you can also add one onion, cut up very fine.
• 3 simmer 30 minutes, uncovered stirring occasionally.
• 4 cook noodles by boiling a large pot of water.
• 5 add salt and noodles. cover and turn off heat.
• 6 leave for 20 minutes. do not lift cover. you can use your roasting pan for this step.
• 7 now combine the cottage cheese, parmesan, parsley, eggs, salt and pepper in a bowl.
• 8 place ½ the noodles in 13x9x2 oblong dish, spread with ½ the cottage cheese filling and ½ the meat sauce. repeat layers.
• 9 bake at 375f about 30 minutes.
• 10 you can assemble this early. refrigerate and allow 15 minutes longer for cooking.
• 11 let stand 5 minutes before cutting, filling will set slightly.