Ingredients:
lasagna noodles
sauce of your choosing
2 different meats: I chose elk Italian sausage and venison ground meat
1 can diced tomatoes
handful of chopped olives
Mozz., ricotta,Parm and blended cheeses (I used the CostCo kind)
1 egg
garlic basil oregano
salt/pepper
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Preparation:
~Bring a BIG pot of SALTED water to a boil.
~In another dish, brown and drain(if needed) your two kinds of meat. My elk It. sausage was in it's casings, so I removed them and broke up the meat before browning.
~Put your sauce, tomatoes, olives and spices together in one pot. Season as you see fit. I wanted to put red pepper flakes in there too, but there is a little mouth to feed at the table.
~Water boiling, add noodles one at a time. Make sure they are not laying on top of one another. They don't cook evenly and get icky.
~In a small bowl, mix together the whole container of ricotta and the one egg.
Assembly Line
~Add a spoonful of sauce to the bottom of your dish. That way your noodles don't stick to the bottom. Lay down 3-4 noodles to cover the bottom of the dish.
~Add a spoonful per noodle of your ricotta mixture and spread over your noodles.
~Sprinkle meat over ricotta.
~Spoon about 2 spoonfuls of sauce over the meat.
~Cover with Mozz., blended, and Parm cheese.
~Repeat
~~If it looks like you're not going to have enough stuff to repeat every layer, do a layer of just cheeses, and then continue with the regular layers after.~~
~On the VERY TOP LAYER, cover with cheese and then dab with butter. That will make it golden brown and just plain good when you bake it.
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