louise's lasagna

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 pound ground beef
• 1/2 pound salami, chopped
• 1/2 pound pepperoni sausage, chopped
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 16 ounces tomato sauce
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 9 lasagna noodles
• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 9 slices white american cheese
• grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 45 mins

Ready Time: 3 hrs 25 mins


• heat a large skillet over medium heat. crumble ground beef into skillet; add salami, pepperoni, and onion. cook and stir mixture until beef is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes. drain grease from skillet. transfer meat mixture to a slow cooker; stir stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, garlic powder, oregano, salt, and pepper into the meat mixture.
• cook mixture in slow cooker on low for 2 hours.
• bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. cook lasagna noodles in boiling water until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• spread a thin layer of the sauce from the meat mixture into the bottom of a baking dish. layer about 1/3 of the noodles into the bottom of the dish; top with about 1 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese, 2/3 cup cottage cheese, 3 slices white american cheese, and 4 teaspoons grated parmesan cheese. spread about 1/3 of the meat mixture over the cheese layer. repeat layers twice more.
• bake in preheated oven until the cheese melts throughout the lasagna, about 30 minutes. let cool 10 minutes before cutting to serve.