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Week 4: My first dinner meal3/17/2024 This was the first dinner meal I made for my family and our guests. You can make lasagna in many different ways, but lasagna with meat sauce and Italian sausage has the best flavor. Italian sausage gives it a unique and spicy flavor that is balanced perfectly with the use of a creamy layer of ricotta cheese. Lasagna is a popular Italian dish with lots of taste and enjoyment.
First, use an oven over medium heat, to cook ground beef, Italian sausage, minced onion, and garlic until browned. Second stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, basil, and Italian seasoning. Third, add salt and pepper to taste and two tbsp chopped parsley. Simmer sauce for 1.5 hours with occasional stirring. Fourth in a mixing bowl, mix ricotta cheese, egg, and the remaining two tbsp of chopped parsley with 1/2 tsp salt. Preheat the oven to 375. Lastly, assemble lasagna using a 9 by 13-inch baking dish. Cook the dish for 25 minutes and let it sit for 10 minutes. There are 5 layers of the lasagna dish. The first layer with 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce. The second layer arranges precooked noodles over meat sauce to cover. Third, spread 1/2 of the ricotta mixture over the noodles. Fourth layer top the ricotta mixture with a third of the mozzarella cheese slices. In the fifth step spoon 1 1/2 of the meat sauce over the mozzarella and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. This was a fun and good experience with my first time making a lasagna dish. It went better than planned and increased my skills in cooking. I am excited to make more dinners for my family and me from now on.
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