Lasagna with Meatballs and Sugo

Name: Lasagna with Meatballs and Sugo
Yield: serves 8 or more
Ingredients: 1 1/4 batches (20 ounces) Poor Man’s Pasta dough (page 159); 12 turkey or sausage meatballs, fully cooked, from Sugo and Meatballs, page 146 (defrosted if frozen); About 4 cups of any of the following: sugo from Sugo and Meatballs; sugo with Simple Tomato Sauce, or just Simple Tomato Sauce (page 132); 2 to 3 tablespoons butter, for the baking pan; 1 pound (2 cups) ricotta, fresh or packaged, not drained; 1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Grana Padano; 10 ounces Muenster or low-moisture mozzarella, shredded (2 1/2 cups); A pasta machine for rolling the lasagne; A 9-by-13-inch baking dish, 2 inches deep at least, or a similar 3-quart casserole, for a heaping lasagna; or a larger pan for a thinner, crisper lasagna; Heavy-duty aluminum foil to make a tent over the baking dish; A baking sheet

December 14, 2011

I hope you’ve saved some meatballs and sugo (page 146) for this wonderful fresh-pasta lasagna. But if you haven’t, you can follow the basic procedure using sliced, cooked Italian sausage meat instead of the meatballs and another tomato sauce. Note that you’ll need a bit more than a single batch of egg pasta dough—4 extra ounces to be specific—so just make two batches and freeze the extra.

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