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Classic Beef Lasagna

Layers of tender noodles, slow-simmered beef and sausage ragu, herbed ricotta and bubbling mozzarella.

  • Feeds a hungry crowd
  • Make-ahead and freezer-friendly
  • Tall, clean slices
Classic Beef Lasagna
Prep
45 min
Cook
2 hrs 30 min
Total
3 hrs 15 min
Serves
10
Level
Hard

Every family needs one great lasagna, and this is ours. We simmer a meaty sauce of beef and Italian sausage for 45 minutes so it tastes like it cooked all day, then layer it with a basil-flecked ricotta and plenty of mozzarella. A long rest after baking is the key to clean, tall slices. It feeds a crowd and freezes like a dream.

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the beef and sausage and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, breaking them into small crumbles, until browned with no pink remaining (160 degrees F).

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