Rich No Boil Lasagne

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 9 ounces no-boil lasagna noodles (1 box)
• 2 eggs
• 28 -32 ounces nonfat cottage cheese
• 4 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup romano cheese
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 lb bulk italian sausage
• 1 small diced onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes or 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 3/4 cup red wine
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano, divided
• 2 teaspoons dried basil, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 lightly beat eggs in a medium bowl. add cottage cheese, 2 cups of mozzarella, and the parmesan or romano cheese. add the pepper and 1 tsp each of dried basil and oregano and stir well.
• 3 heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat - swirl to coat skillet. add sausage and onion, and cook until sausage is no longer pink, then add garlic and cook briefly (one minute or so).
• 4 if there's extra oil in the pan at this point, drain and discard.
• 5 stir tomato paste into sausage mixture and then slowly stir in red wine and water.
• 6 process canned tomatoes in food processor until finely chopped. add with all liquid to skillet and stir.
• 7 add remaining 1 tsp each of oregano and basil and heat just until bubbling, then remove from heat.
• 8 spread 1 cup of sauce in bottom of pan.
• 9 to layer lasagne:.
• 10 layer 1/4 of noodles, 1/3 of cheese mixture, and 1 1/4 c of sauce.
• 11 repeat layers twice.
• 12 then top with remaining 1/4 of noodles, remaining sauce, and 2 cups of mozzarella.
• 13 cover tightly with foil and bake for 55 minutes. uncover and bake another 5 minutes so top can brown slightly.
• 14 let stand 15 minutes before cutting.