Sausage and Mixed Mushroom Lasagna

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 teaspoon dried oregano

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

One 28-ounce can whole plum tomatoes, lightly crushed

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Two 4-ounce packages mixed mushrooms, coarsely chopped

1 pound sweet Italian sausage, removed from casings

1 pound mozzarella cheese

Two 15-ounce containers ricotta cheese

1 large egg

3 fresh lasagna sheets (about 7 ounces)

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Serving suggestions: Green salad and garlic bread

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium pot heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes with their juices, oregano, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a simmer and continue to cook until the tomatoes soften and the sauce thickens, 20 minutes, breaking up the tomatoes with a spoon as they soften. Reserve 2/3 cup of the sauce for assembling the lasagna and set the rest aside.

Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the mushrooms. Cook until the mushrooms have released their liquid, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the sausage and continue to cook, breaking the sausage up with a spoon, until the sausage is browned and cooked through, another 10 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and stir to combine.

Thinly slice about a quarter of the mozzarella and set aside; grate the rest on a box grater. Combine the grated cheese with the ricotta and the egg. Spread the reserved 2/3 cup tomato sauce in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Top with 1 pasta sheet, a third of the ricotta mixture and a third of the meat sauce. Repeat with the remaining pasta, ricotta and meat sauce. Cover with foil and bake until the sauce is bubbling around the edges and the pasta is tender, about 45 minutes. Remove the foil, top with the sliced mozzarella and continue to bake until the cheese is melted, 15 minutes more. Let stand for 20 minutes and sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving with a green salad and some garlic bread.

Nutrition

• Calories: 589
• Total Fat: 37g
• Saturated Fat: 20g
• Cholesterol: 163mg
• Sodium: 898mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 25g
• Dietary Fiber: 2g
• Total Sugars: 4g
• Protein: 39g