Simple Lasagna with Hearty Tomato-Meat Sauce

Name: Simple Lasagna with Hearty Tomato-Meat Sauce
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Europe, Italian
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon, olive oil; 1 , medium onion, chopped fine (about 1 cup); 6 medium cloves, garlic, pressed through garlic press or minced (about 2 tablespoons); 1 pound, meatloaf mix or 1/3 pound each ground beef chuck, ground veal, and ground pork (see note); 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 1/4 cup, heavy cream; 1 , (28-ounce) can tomato puree; , 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained; 15 ounces, ricotta cheese (whole milk or part skim), 1 3/4 cups); 2 1/2 ounces, grated Parmesan cheese (1 1/4 cups); 1/2 cup, chopped fresh basil; 1 , large egg, lightly beaten; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 12 , no-boil lasagna noodles from one 8- or 9-ounce package; 16 ounces, whole milk mozzarella, shredded (4 cups)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2002, America's Test Kitchen TV

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Pasta, Grains, Rice & Beans

Traditional lasagna takes the better part of a day to make. Could we get really good lasagna on the table in just 90 minutes?

SERVES6 to 8

TIME2 hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Determined to formulate a really good 90-minute lasagna recipe, we came up with several shortcuts: We made a 12-minute tomato meat sauce by cooking onions, garlic, and meatloaf mixture (ground beef, pork, and veal) and then adding cream and...

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