Mike's, They'll Beg You To Make It Again! Lasagne

• 2 lb Sweet Italian Sausage Or Regular Italian Sausage (chop meat very fine in pan)
• 2 lb Hamburger Meat (85% 15% mixture and chop meat very fine in pan)
• 1 large White Onion
• 6 tbsp Garlic (minced)
• 2 can 28 oz Crushed Tomatoes
• 4 can 6 oz Tomato Paste
• 4 can 6.5 oz Tomato Sauce
• 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
• 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
• 2 tbsp Salt
• 4 tbsp White Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
• 6 tbsp Fresh Parsley (for meat sauce)
• 2 Bay Leaves (pull these out at the end of simmer)
• 1 cup Cabernet Sauvignon OR Water (or 1/2 and 1/2)
• 1 cup Loosely Packed Fresh Basil (for meat sauce or 3 tbs dried basil)
• 64 oz Quality Ricotta Cheese
• 4 Fresh Eggs (for ricotta mixture)
• 4 tbsp (Loosely Packed Fresh Basil (for ricotta mixture)
• 4 tbsp Fresh Parsley (loosely packed-for ricotta mixture)
• 1 1/3 tsp Salt (for ricotta mixture)
• 4 pinch Nutmeg (for ricotta mixture)
• 1 tbsp Dried Italian Seasoning (for ricotta mixture)
• 2 tbsp Fresh Parsley (for topping)
• 2 tbsp Fresh Basil (for topping)
• 1 large Firm Tomato Diced (topping)
• 2 lb Grated Mozzarella Cheese (room temperature and purchase additional cheese just in case it's needed for the topping)
• 2 cup Grated Parmesan (room temperature and purchase additional parmesan just in case it's needed for topping)
• 40 Lasagne Noodles (you may end up with extra unused noodles depending upon your pan sizes)
• 1 can Spray Pam
• 1 can Spray Pam (or equivalent)
• 1 large Electric Skillet
• 2 large Mixing Bowls

1. Spray Lasagna pans with Pam Cooking Spray or equivalent.
2. Pull out a large electric skillet or extra large pan and two large mixing bowls.
3. DIRECTIONS
4. Here's an easier tip for Lasagna assembly: If you know how many layers of Lasagna you're going to make (3 or 4 depending upon your pan size) divide every ASSEMBLY INGREDIENT in half or quarters as the recipe calls for.
5. (meat sauce, fresh tomatoes, ricotta mixture, basil, parsley, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses) This way you're not overloading one Lasagna and subtracting from the other.
6. *Please, please, please trust me when I say that this dish is exponentially better if made today and allowed to chill covered for 24 hours prior to baking!
7. This recipe also freezes great either cooked or uncooked.
8. Personally, I always make two pans, freeze one immediately and allow the other sit for 24 hours then bake it.
9. However, due to time restraints and unexpected guests arriving, I have been forced to bake both immediately after constructing and it STILL received rave reviews!

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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/353148-mikes-theyll-beg-you-to-make-it-again-lasagne (may not work)