How to Make Lasagna with Red Wine

Co-authored by Ollie George Cigliano

Last Updated: December 14, 2022

Imagine that you are going to have company over for a special dinner. You want your entrée to be tasty, impressive, and not too difficult to make. This "really good lasagna" will work perfectly!

Ingredients

1-1/2 lb. fresh ground chuck
1 medium onion, chopped
2 Tbs. butter
1/2 Tbsp. minced garlic
Dried chervil, parsley, basil
Worcestershire sauce
A-1 sauce
Red wine
2 eggs
1 small curd cottage cheese
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
8 oz. shredded Parmesan/Romano cheese
16 oz. shredded Mozzarella cheese
8 oz. shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1 jar Classico Tomato and Basil Pasta Sauce
1 pkg. no-boil lasagna noodles

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Making the Sauce for Your Lasagna

1
Dice one medium onion. Sauté in 2 tablespoon (29.6 ml). butter, along with ¹⁄₂ tablespoon (7.4 ml). minced garlic. Remove from pan.
2
Fry 1-1/2 Lbs. ground chuck on high heat. Break up meat with a masher. Drain in colander using the same masher to squeeze out any fat. Return meat to pan and add onion/garlic. Stir.

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3
Into this mixture add a palm full each of dried parsley, chervil and basil. Stir.
4
Now add Worcestershire sauce and A-1 sauce, along with about 1/2 cup of red wine. Stir thoroughly.
5
Combine meat mixture with 1 jar of Classico Tomato and Basil Pasta Sauce. Swish the jar with about 1/2 cup water. Put watery mixture into pot. Simmer on very low heat.
6
While the sauce simmers, complete the following:
- Mix together: 1 - 1# container of small curd cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 1 cup Parmesan cheese, and a palm full of dried parsley.
- Have ready 1 box of lasagna noodles (no-boil), 2 - 8 oz. packages shredded Mozzarella cheese, 1 - 8 oz. package of shredded Parmesan/Romano cheese, and 1 - 8 oz. package shredded sharp Cheddar cheese.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Build Your Lasagna

1
Start by spreading 1 cup of sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 12 cake pan.
2
Next add a layer of lasagna noodles and 1/3 of the sauce.
3
Now spread 1/3 of the cottage cheese mixture, followed by 1/3 of the white cheeses.
4
Continue building until you run out of supplies. Top the lasagna off with the remaining cheeses, including the 8 oz. of cheddar cheese.
5
Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour.
6
Finished.

Warnings

A lasagna pan may spill over onto your oven. To prevent burning or smoking up your oven, place a cookie sheet under the cake pan.

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Always advisable to gather all your ingredients before you begin your cooking.

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