Lasagna with Cottage Cheese is a classic Italian casserole filled with sheet noodles, lots of cheese and seasoned beef and tomato sauce.
Lasagna with Cottage Cheese
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
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Lasagna with Cottage Cheese is my recipe of the day with the blogging group From Our Dinner Table. We group weekly to post new recipes on a variety of common topics. This week we’re featuring comforting casseroles. Glad you could join us!
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For my recipe, I decided to share a vintage version of lasagna that uses cottage cheese instead of the more authentic ricotta cheese.
This casserole also passes on other meats besides the more Americanized ground beef. It being more suitable for what was available in kitchens in decades past. This may be one you remember from your childhood.
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Lasagna with Cottage Cheese
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Lasagna with Cottage Cheese
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Lasagna with Cottage Cheese
Equipment
- 1 lasagna pan or oblong casserole
Ingredients
Meat Sauce:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 28 ounce can tomato puree
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 6 ounces water
Cheese Filling:
- 2 cups cottage cheese
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Other Ingredients:
- 12 lasagna noodles cooked according to package directions
- 9 ounces mozzarella cheese sliced
- 16 ounces mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
Instructions
Sauce:
- Place ground beef, onion, olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic in a skillet and cook until beef is crumbled and brown; drain off excess fat.
- Stir in Italian seasoning, oregano, basil, sugar, tomato puree, tomato paste and water.
- Simmer for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.
Pasta and Cheese Filling:
- While sauce cooks, cook your pasta according to package directions or cooked to your liking, and drain.
- Stir together the cheese filling in a small bowl.
Layer One Assembly:
- Spread 2 cups of sauce in the bottom of an oblong casserole dish or lasagna pan.
- Top with one third of noodles (about 4), then half the cottage cheese mixture.
- Add two more cups of sauce and spread, topped by 1-1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella.
Layer Two:
- Next add another third of noodles (4 pieces), the rest of the cottage cheese mixture, then another 2 cups of sauce and remaining shredded mozzarella.
Layer Three:
- Add the last of the noodles, the rest of the sauce, tucking pasta corners and smoothing out sauce.
- Top with the 1/4 cup Parmesan, and the sliced mozzarella cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake 20 minutes more.
- Let rest for 15-20 minutes before slicing to set up.
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This is the perfect lasagna recipe! Deliciously saucy and filled with rich and creamy ingredients.
We ALWAYS made ours with cottage cheese growing up. It wasn’t until later in life did I know it was made with ricotta traditionally. This reminds me all those birthday dinners growing up. Definitely making it!