Mom's Lasagna

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

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 (16 ounce) box lasagna noodles
• 32 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated (not skim)
• 2 lbs ricotta cheese (not skim)
• 1 cup parmesan asiago and romano cheese blend (shredded or grated)
• 1/4 cup parmesan asiago and romano cheese blend (shredded or grated)
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 2 (16 ounce) jars prego spaghetti sauce (your favorite flavor)
• 1 lb sweet italian sausage

Recipe

• 1 fill large pot with water, add oil & salt, bring to boil. add lasagna noodles & cook according to package directions (i always use ronzoni).
• 2 remove casings from sausage & cook until browned, breaking up as you go. drain & set aside.
• 3 preheat oven to 350.
• 4 once pasta is done, gently remove from pot being careful not to tear (i use plastic tongs) and lay flat (not touching) on a large sheet of foil, the pasta won't stick to the foil, until cool enough to handle.
• 5 beat eggs until smooth.
• 6 in large bowl combine mozzarella (all but reserved cup), ricotta, 1 cup parmesan, raw eggs & oregano, mix well.
• 7 in large baking dish (i believe mine is 9 x 13) spray with pam & lay one layer of noodles out, overlapping edges & running up sides of dish. if you have a deep pan use that as this will overflow a bit. if you don't have a deep sided pan just line oven with some foil under it so it doesn't make a mess.
• 8 spread 1 or 2 ladels of sauce & smooth over noodles then take 1/3 of cheese mixture and spread over that, evening it out, add desired amount of sausage. top with one layer of noodles. repeat until all of sauce (except about 2 ladels) cheese mixture, sausage & noodles are used.
• 9 top layer at this point should be noodles. top that with reserved mozzarella, parmesan & sauce. bake at 350 for about an hour.
• 10 edges will be crispy, this is my sweetheart's favorite part, sometimes we fight over them but i usually let him have them 'cause he's pretty good to me -- .