Easy Italian Sausage Lasagna

Italian Sausage Lasagna Recipe

I am a HUGE lasagna fan and have been preparing it for years. While I enjoy any homemade lasagna, my husband always requests one type of lasagna – Italian Sausage Lasagna!

Today I’m sharing an easy way to prepare this amazing lasagna in 15 minutes. The recipe requires 60 minutes of oven time, and if you need gluten-free noodles, I suggest these.

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ITALIAN SAUSAGE LASAGNA INGREDIENTS:

These are the ingredients you will need to make Italian Sausage Lasagna for two:

1 box of oven-ready lasagna noodles
1 Italian pork sausage
8 oz of mozzarella cheese, shredded
15 oz of ricotta cheese
1/2 cup of parmesan cheese
20 oz of tomato sauce

ITALIAN SAUSAGE LASAGNA INSTRUCTIONS

LARGE PAN: Brown the Italian sausage until fully cooked. Drain the excess fat.
BAKING DISH: Pour a thick layer of tomato sauce and spread it evenly.
Place the lasagna sheets side by side.
Top the lasagna sheets with tomato sauce, 1/4 of the ricotta, 1/4 of the parmesan, 1/4 of the mozzarella cheese, and Italian sausage.
Repeat the layers two times, ensuring each lasagna sheet is covered with sauce.
Use any remaining sauce on the top layer, and finish with lots of mozzarella cheese.
Lightly cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
Bake at 425 F (220 C) for 40 minutes.
Remove the foil and bake for 15 minutes more.
Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting.

WHAT I USE TO PREPARE THIS LASAGNA

What kind of Italian sausage should you use in lasagna?

I always buy mild Italian pork sausage that I brown in a pan before creating the lasagna layers.

Does Italian lasagna have ricotta?

Yes. Lasagna in Italy is made with layers of dried lasagna sheets, tomato sauce, ricotta, mozzarella, and meat (often ragú).

What is the order of the layers in lasagna?

Start with a thick layer of tomato sauce so that the lasagna sheets do not get stuck to the bottom of the baking dish.
Then add a layer of the noodles, followed by ricotta and mozzarella cheese, and a layer of the sausage with tomato sauce.
Repeat those layers two more times.
Finish the lasagna with a final layer of noodles, sauce, and a top layer of mozzarella cheese.

A final note!

This Italian sausage lasagna recipe with ricotta cheese is perfect for a weeknight dinner, especially when you don’t have much time to cook.

If you have an extra fifteen minutes, you can mince 1 medium onion and 1 clove of garlic and cook it with the sausage in the large pan. Once the sausage is cooked, you can add chopped parsley and basil or dried oregano. Italian sausages already have seasoning, so I follow this step only when preparing meat lasagna.

Oven-ready lasagna sheets are the secret to preparing this lasagna so quickly. There is no need to boil the pasta first, and this saves half the preparation time. Ever since I discovered Barilla’s oven-ready lasagna sheets, I have not looked back.

If you use an 8×8 baking dish, you will need 8 Barilla oven-ready lasagna sheets. If you use a 9×13 baking dish, you’ll need the entire 10 oz (283 grams) box.

If you are looking for more of my favorite dishes, take a look at this amazing Chicken Parmesan, my favorite Stuffed Peppers, Baked Feta Pasta, or Rigatoni Florentina.

Here is another delicious recipe made with Italian sausage and potatoes.

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