My mother made this dish while dating my father. It helped him to fall in love and when she made it for his parents, caused them to fall in love with her as well. My Gram still makes this recipe and tells the story of how my mom introduced italian food to the family.<\/p>\n
This recipe has a ton of ingredients. I’m going to remain true to the original and list everything, and post separately my shortcut recipe.<\/p>\n
In a large pot, brazen the meatloaf meat<\/strong> and one half to 3\/4 pounds of Italian sausage<\/strong> with the skin removed in a small amount of olive oil.<\/p>\n Add the fresh mushrooms<\/strong> that are sliced lengthwise and saut\u00e9ed in butter and onion, celery, green pepper<\/strong>, all sliced small.<\/p>\n Then add crushed garlic clove<\/strong> and Wyler\u2019s Onion Soup mix<\/strong> and all the spices<\/strong> except baking soda. Then add the tomato paste<\/strong> and the tomato sauce<\/strong> and canned tomatoes<\/strong>. Season with more Italian seasoning<\/strong> and garlic<\/strong> or less, to your taste. Simmer for 1 1\/2 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally, and add 1\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In the last hour, while the sauce is cooking, put the remaining Italian sausage<\/strong> in a shallow baking pan in the oven to bake for one hour. Dice the pepperoni and slice cheddar and mozzarella cheese<\/strong> in long lengthwise medium thin strips.<\/p>\n Next, cook the lasagna noodles<\/strong> according to the package directions, rinse and drain, taking care not to break up the noodles. The rest of the preparation must be done quickly so that the noodles will not cake together.<\/p>\n To prepare, start with sauce on the bottom of lasagna pan, lay the noodles, and then ricotta cheese generously. Right over the ricotta, scatter cooked Italian sausage, which is cut up and crumpled in small chunks, and distribute strips of mozzarella and cheddar cheese with a little of the diced pepperoni.<\/p>\n Then add a top layer of noodles and cover sauce plentiful over all. Put more crumbled Italian sausage with strips of cheese and pepperoni.<\/p>\n Cover with foil and bake one and a half hours or freeze and bake later (up to 2 months). Remove foil during the last 10 minutes of baking time. Let sit for 15 minutes prior to serving.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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