Sausage And Mushroom Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 (8 ounce) packages baby bella mixed mushrooms
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons dried italian seasoning
• 1 lb hot italian sausage, casings removed
• 3 garlic cloves, pressed
• 1 cup dry red wine (have successfully substituted water)
• 2 (26 ounce) jars marinara sauce (i use newman's own)
• 2 (9 ounce) packages no-boil lasagna noodles (huge time saver)
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
• 2 (8 ounce) bags italian cheese blend

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 heat oil in large pot. add mushrooms, onion, and seasoning blend; saute until vegetables begin to soften, about 6 minutes.
• 3 add sausage and saute until brown and cook through, breaking up with back of spoon, about 5 minutes.
• 4 add garlic and stir for 1 minute.
• 5 add wine; cook until almost all liquid evaporates, scraping up brown bits, about 2 minutes. set aside.
• 6 spread 2/3 cup marinara over bottom of a 13x9x2 baking dish. spread a layer of noodles over sauce. spread 1 cup of sauce over noodles.
• 7 top with 1/3 cup ricotta, then 1 cup grated italian cheese.
• 8 spoon 1/3 of sausage mixture over cheese layer.
• 9 repeat two more times. sauce, noodles, ricotta, cheese, sausage.
• 10 cover loosely with foil and bake for 45 minutes; remove foil and bake until top browns (broiler works well too). let stand for 15 minutes.freezes well.