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Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - farnfam - 11-30-2009
This turned out great!! Still had family over on Saturday, went for a walk in the woods with daughter and SIL, stacked some firewood, helped James' mom with some plants that needed attention, in short accomplished a lot and enjoyed time with my company, while this cooked happily in the crockpot. Was every bit as good as oven lasagna and was a big hit with everyone
To make it even easier, I cooked the sauce days ahead and refrigerated it. Then all I had to do was assemble in the crockpot Sat morning.
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - cjs - 11-30-2009
Is this from the newest Crockpot book from C@H??
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - Gourmet_Mom - 11-30-2009
I'd like to know the answer to that question as well. I have one more. Do you think this would work using No Cook noodles and assembling the night before?
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - iCook - 11-30-2009
I have always been afraid to do this. I worry pasta won't turn out right. So it was really good. Okay.
Now I want to know too. C@H?
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - farnfam - 11-30-2009
Not from the recent book, but was posted here a while ago.
Recipe calls for reg noodles, but I had some "oven ready" type and assembled in the morning. I am positive it would work great either way, noodles were not at all over cooked.
Crock Pot Lasagna
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6-8 -------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 pound ground beef
1 jar spaghetti sauce (26 oz)
1 cup cold water
15 ounces Ricotta cheese
7 ounces mozzarella cheese -- shredded
1/4 cup parmesan cheese -- grated
1 egg
2 tablespoons fresh parsley -- chopped ( I used basil)
6 lasagna noodles -- uncooked
Brown meat in large skillet, drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce and water.
In a seperate bowl, mix ricotta, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella, 2 Tbsp parmesan,
egg and parsley.
Spray bottom of crock pot liner with Non-stick spray. Spoon 1 cup meat
mixture into slow ooker; top with layers of half each of the noodles,
broken to fit and
cheese mixture.
Cover with 2 cups of the remaining meat sauce. Top with remaining
noodles, broken to fit, cheese mixture and the rest of the meat sauce.
Cook on LOW 6 hours or until liquid is absorbed. Sprinkle with remaining
cheeses; let stand covered 10 minutes for cheese to melt.
NOTE: For best results, do not cook on High.
Crock Pot Lasagna
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6-8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pound ground beef
1 jar spaghetti sauce (26 oz)
1 cup cold water
15 ounces Ricotta cheese
7 ounces mozzarella cheese -- shredded
1/4 cup parmesan cheese -- grated
1 egg
2 tablespoons fresh parsley -- chopped
6 lasagna noodles -- uncooked
Brown meat in large skillet, drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce and water.
In a seperate bowl, mix ricotta, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella, 2 Tbsp parmesan,
egg and parsley.
Spray bottom of crock pot liner with Non-stick spray. Spoon 1 cup meat
mixture into slow ooker; top with layers of half each of the noodles,
broken to fit and
cheese mixture.
Cover with 2 cups of the remaining meat sauce. Top with remaining
noodles, broken to fit, cheese mixture and the rest of the meat sauce.
Cook on LOW 6 hours or until liquid is absorbed. Sprinkle with remaining
cheeses; let stand covered 10 minutes for cheese to melt.
NOTE: For best results, do not cook on High.
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - cjs - 11-30-2009
O.K. then, duly copied!! Thanks cis.
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - farnfam - 11-30-2009
Wait, I tried to add more and edit the double print, but having internet trouble today.
I also said that I didn't do the jar sauce and cold water thing but made an equal size batch of my own.
It made 3 or 4 layers, but in a bigger crock pot, (I have a 4q) I would have made more layers
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - Gourmet_Mom - 11-30-2009
Sounds good Cis. Copied and noted.
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - esgunn - 11-30-2009
That is the recipe I posted a while ago - you just use the regular noodles, uncooked. The second time I made it I added more noodles than what was called for. I liked it lighter on the noodles but the kids really like noodles. Plenty of sauce and it will feed all 5 of us easily. The kids really like this recipes.
The water added to the jar of sauce is for the noodles. Just gives them a little more moisture to absorb. Cis, did it work out ok without the water? Sauce wasn't too thick?
It really just tasts like regular lasagna - maybe no crusty cheese edge, but good.
I like the idea of making your own sauce - but in my everyday life I liked the ease of just throwing it together with jarred sauce.
Thanks for brining this one back up Cis, I will put Ricotta and mozzarella on the shopping list!
Re: Crockpot Lasagna Revisited - Gourmet_Mom - 11-30-2009
Thanks for the added notes, Erin.
So I'm still not sure it would work assembling the night before and sticking in the fridge. There is NO way I could assemble the morning of and I'm CERTAIN William wouldn't do it for me. I'm doing good to get him to put it on to cook.