FLAVOR
Texas Style, Italian Sausage Lasagna
Johnsonville Italian Sausages make it simple to enjoy authentic Italian flavor. This classic lasagna dish is made so much easier when you’ve got Johnsonville backing you up. The flavor of the Italian sausages will help to make this recipe your new lasagna favorite! • Add onion and garlic and continue sautéing for INGREDIENTS another 4 minutes until the sausage is cooked • 12 lasagna noodles, uncooked through. • 2 tablespoons Bertolli® Extra Light Taste Olive Oil • Add marinara sauce to the sausage mixture and set aside. • 1 package JOHNSONVILLE® Fresh Italian • In a medium bowl, blend ricotta cheese, egg, ¼ cup Mild Ground Sausage or JOHNSONVILLE® Fresh Italian Mild Sausage Links of the KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese and the chopped spinach; set aside. • 1 medium onion, chopped • Coat a 9x13 inch baking dish with olive oil and • 2 cloves garlic, chopped spread 1 cup of the sauce mixture on the bottom. • 4 cups marinara sauce • Top with 3 lasagna noodles. Spread ¼ of the ricotta • 4 cups ricotta cheese cheese mixture on the noodles and layer on 1 cup • 1 large egg of the sauce mixture. Sprinkle ½ cup mozzarella • ½ cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese cheese over this. Repeat this process three more • 2 cups fresh spinach, lightly packed and chopped times, starting with the noodles and finish with the • 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded remaining ¼ cup of KRAFT Grated Parmesan • 1 teaspoon dried oregano cheese. Sprinkle with oregano. • Preheat oven to 350°F and bake for 45 minutes DIRECTIONS until hot and bubbly. • Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook • Let stand 10 minutes before cutting. pasta until al dente. Drain, lightly oil and set aside. • In a medium saucepan, sauté the sausage in Bertolli® Extra Light in Taste Olive Oil, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink 41.
September / OCTOBER 2020
