Clifton Street Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 6 ounces beer
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1/4 large onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef, deveined shrimp or 1 1/2 lbs peeled deveined shrimp
• 2 tablespoons italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon seasoning salt
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 16 ounces lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 combine sauce, paste, beer and italian seasoning in saucepan over low heat.
• 3 simmer about 5 minutes.
• 4 in large skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter and saute meat or shrimp with 1 teaspoon garlic and 1 teaspoon seasoned salt.
• 5 stir into sauce.
• 6 in same skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter, and add onions, 1 teaspoon garlic, and 1 teaspoon seasoning salt.
• 7 cook until onions are translucent.
• 8 stir into sauce.
• 9 melt remaining butter and saute mushrooms, remaining garlic and remaining seasoning salt. cook about 2 minutes.
• 10 stir into sauce.
• 11 combine ricotta, egg and parmesan and mix well.
• 12 spoon a little sauce into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• 13 add a layer of noodles, then a layer of ricotta mixture, then a layer of sauce.
• 14 sprinkle with mozzarella.
• 15 repeat layers, finishing with cheese.
• 16 bake at 350°f for about 1 hour.