American Lasagna

1. In a large skillet over high heat, add in the oil and cook the ground beef until it is golden. This should take around and 5-8 minutes. Drain away the fat from the beef.
2. Add in the oregano, basil, 1 ½ tsp salt, brown sugar, tomato paste and diced tomatoes in the beef and keep simmering for another 40-45 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C.
4. Boil water in a large pot and a pinch of salt in it.
5. When the water reaches a boil, all the pasta sheets and cook them for 5-8 minutes or until they are al dente.
6. Drain the water and blot the pasta sheets with some napkins until they are dry.
7. In a medium bowl, ass in the beaten eggs, parsley, ½ tsp salt, parmesan and ricotta cheese and mix well until all the flavors are fully combined.
8. In a 9x13 inch baking dish, grease the bottom with some cooking spray or butter.
9. Layer the dish with 1/3 of the pasta sheets until it is fully covered.
10. Cover the pasta sheets with 1/3 ricotta cheese mixture, top it again with 1/3 of the grated mozzarella and then 1/3 of the beef tomato mixture. Repeat this layering technique thrice and sprinkle some additional mozzarella and parmesan on the top.
11. Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes and let it stand for 10-15 minutes.
12. Serve and enjoy!

Trivia

• 20^th July is national lasagna day.
• Garfield’s favorite dish is lasagna.

Lasagna dates back in Italy to the 13^th century but since tomatoes were not cultivated back then, the recipes didn’t originally include the tomato sauce like they do today.