Kim's Lasagna

I prepared exactly (except for the fennel seeds....none on hand). This IS the best lasagna I have ever made and will be the only way I make it from now on. I was skeptical with putting the noodles in hot water but it turned out awesome...YUMMY and thank u for sharing

I followed this recipe exactly and made it for Father's Day dinner. Everyone said it was the best they've ever had! It's even better this afternoon for lunch.

This is so good and will be the lasagna recipe I go to from now on! Besides changing the ground beef/Italian sausage ratio to 1 1/2 lb beef to 1/2 lb sausage (family preference), and using no boil noodle sheets, I made as written. I did 4 layers because of the thinner noodles I used. This recipe would be easily adaptable to personal preferences or delicious exactly as written! After reheating the leftovers the next day, I HAVE to add how delicious they were! So much so that the next time I make this, I plan to cook it ahead, chill in the fridge, and then reheat it! Outstanding!!!

This tastes so good! Maybe it was the brand of crushed tomatoes I used, but I had to add about 1.5 cups water to make the sauce loose enough to simmer. I also had a lot of sauce left over - I don't use a deep-dish pan. The sauce tastes great though and I'll be saving the rest for another meal. I really liked the tip about soaking the noodles rather than boiling them - worked great! Highly recommend!

I have tried a lot of lasagna recipes and this by far is the best one I ever made. I give it 5 stars and will always use it. Only thing I left out was funnel seeds. Just did not have them on hand. I also used cottage cheese in place of ricotta. I just do not care for ricotta. It was the best lasagna I ever had!

Truly amazing, added peppers, onions and celery! My husband says it's better than his mom's!

Just made this basically as written (I added a tweak here and there based on personal preferences) and it is undoubtedly the BEST lasagna I have EVER made! Highly recommended!

This was a really great recipe! And I was a first timer, so it took me half the day! I know my way around a kitchen, yet I do know the infamous lasagna and it's reputation;) I hesitated in putting all the sauce during the final steps because I was afraid it would be too much; it ended up being too dry. I froze the rest of the sauce for another dinner, and the lasagna was very good...I prefer my lasagna to be a bit "wetter." But, that was my fault. Everyone ate it up, and the sauce was SUPER tasty. Once I hone my personal skills, they will be lining up at the door:) Thanks so much!! Now for round two....ding-ding!

Made this last night for my family. SUCCESS!!!! My husband absolutely loved it as well as my son. Next time I will cut the recipe in half though we had tons of leftovers.

Great receipt, This was my first lasagna and it turned out great.

My husband and I really loved this lasagna. I tried many lasagna recipes before, but this one is the best. We like the use of mixture of ground beef and sausage. Also soaking the noodles is a good idea. The only extra step we did was to broil the lasagna in the end for real quick to create a nice golden look. Will definitely make it again.

My first attempt at lasagna and it came off great!!! my family appreciated it!!

Boyfriend and children loved loved loved this dish. Definitely a favorite, will make again. Love it. I followed recipe except I added a lot of fennel and I would recommend increasing the ricotta cheese mixture.

Excellent recipe. Reminds me of one with ricotta cheese and nutmeg I used years ago. I personally much prefer ricotta to cottage cheese.

Best lasagna I ever ate. I did replace the italian sausage with all hamburger as I hate italian sausage.

The family is pretty snobby about good lasagna, so I was nervous about putting this dish in front of them. Everyone enjoyed it and even with the richness of the dish they kept coming back for more. Great recipe!

I followed the recipe to a T (omitting the fennel as I didn’t have any) and I must say...WOW! I let the sauce simmer for 3 hours. It was delicious for dinner, and even better as a late night snack. I can’t wait to see how it is for lunch tomorrow!

I opted to leave out the fennel seeds, decreased the tomato sauce, and increased the crushed tomatoes - mostly just to use up the cans that were open. The results were fantastic! The amount of Italian sausage and fresh herbs added to both the meat and the ricotta gave the perfect flavors to this dish. We were looking for a great lasagna recipe to serve friends during a ski trip and we found it! This is by far the best lasagna I've ever made and it is now going to be a regular mountaintop meal for us. - THANK YOU!

I made this exactly how the recipe said and it was great! I did not quite use all the sauce that the recipe made in the lasagna but had people put the extra sauce on top as desired. Soaking the noodles in hot water gave them the correct consistency for the dish. Will make this again

Best lasagna recipe! Absolutely delicious. I followed the recipe except I omitted the fennel and added another container of ricotta cheese. I used a lot of mozzarella cheese - decadent!

Amazing! I've never rated a recipe on this site, but I have to now. I just used sheets of fresh pasta instead of dried lasagna noodles and layered with about two cups of sauce rather than one cup, but I followed the rest of the recipe exactly as written and everyone raved over it! (And this was only the second time in my life that I've made lasagna.) I will definitely be making this again!

Love this recipe. My wife is the all time fussiest eater that i ever cooked for and she loves it.

This is hands down the best lasagna I've ever made. I've made some really great ones in the past but this takes the cake. For me, the sauce is perfect as is, but for the particular company I made it for I felt it might be a little too tomatoey so I added 1/2 cup beef stock to cut some of the acid. They loved it. That was the only thing I altered but if making it just for myself I wouldn't bother doing it. I also loved the noodle soaking method and it worked perfectly. Wish I would have thought to do that during all my years of cooking!

I made it exactly how the recipe is but with a couple of substitutions, and the exception of the fennel seeds. Instead of beef I used ground turkey and sweet Italian turkey sausages. My family was in love with this. I also, used some sharp cheddar and white cheddar.

This was so good! I was worried about soaking the lasagna noodles, but that is such a great idea :-) I made the following modifications: no sugar, salt and fennel seeds, because of dietary restrictions; more garlic because we love it. My dad called me and said it felt like he was in Italy, and he did not stop raving about it for days - he was sad there when there were no more leftovers. Husband loved it too. I will absolutely make this again and I will win Wife and Daughter of the Year! Thanks so much for this terrific recipe.

Double the ricotta.....delicious!

Very good! I made a double batch and have one in the freezer! Great flavor. Looks like a lot of ingredients but still easy. I will use this sauce recipe for other pastas too.

Great, maybe more ricotta cheese or other cheeses if you like it very cheesy. But noodles were perfect and sauce was great.

Made this one time, didnt make any changes to recipe and it was FANTASTIC! I have made lasagna my entire life from scratch and this recipe is delicious.

We haven't cooked it yet but the sauce tastes good. I was disappointed that the instructions didn't indicate which order to add the sauce in each layer. Not all the ingredients showed up on my cell phone but they did on my printed version.

Other than no fennel seeds, which were optional, I made exactly as stated, took it to my son's for a baptism weekend and - WOW - rave reviews all around! Everyone wanted the recipe. This will be my go-to lasagna recipe from now on.

Followed the recipe with one exception - used all Italian sausage. Wow! Probably the best lasagna I've ever had. The sauce is wonderful and I like the trick of soaking the noodles - never heard that before. Definitely will make this again and recommend to all.

For me, the sausage and various cheeses (and even the egg) provide enough sodium that I omit the salt altogether and make a point of using only "no salt added" versions of the various canned tomato products.

I modified it by increasing the amount of sauce by another 28 oz can of tomatoes, and I doubled the amount of ricotta mixture by using 2 15 oz containers. I would rather have too much than not enough sauce, and it was the perfect amount. I had some asiago cheese on hand so threw some of that in as well. I should have added more garlic, will next next time.

Made this for dinner last night. It was amazing!! Both my husband and I loved it! I followed the recipe and the only thing I didn't include was the fennel seeds. I will be making this again!!

Awesome!!

This recipe is awesome! Made it exactly as written except for fennel. It was excellent. Best recipe I've tried for lasagna. Will make it again!

Made it exactly as is turned out perfect

I was ready to try a different lasagna recipe and have found the new family favorite. The flavors in the sauce get better over time - I simmered it for 3 hours. The sauce really thickened and I ended up adding more plain tomato sauce. I don't have fennel in my pantry, so that was omitted. This is an excellent recipe - thanks so much for sharing!

Since I have prostate cancer, I had to substitute the eggs for chia seeds and the cheese as given for goat cheese. My wife said this was the best lasagna that she has ever had and I agree with her.

I made it with ground beef only and turned out great. I decided to make it again.

Great. Didn’t have parsley so I did without and had to use clove instead of nutmeg. This is the bomb.com

Tastes great and looks great. Didn’t use fennel and did some broiling to brown the top. I made a mess by soaking the noodles too early, still turned out just fine.

This is hands down one of the best lasagna recipes!

I added a little shot of hot sauce.

Will definitely make this again. The only changes I made was to omit the nutmeg and add sliced pepperoni to the layers.

This was a lot of work but turned out great. I simmered the sauce in the crockpot on low. I also took the suggestions from others and doubled the ricotta. I also broiled the top for that nice bubbly browned cheese look. The sauce is thick. I think I would thin that out a bit next time.

If you make it like recommended, letting it simmer for hours, it is too dry. I recommend using the 28 oz sizes of crushed tomotoes and italian crushed tomatoes and just adding a little more of the spicse to compensate.

Delicious!! Made it last night -- my first time ever making lasagna. I followed the directions as written but left out the fennel seeds because I didn't have any. I must've missed it somehow, but I didn't see where it said how much nutmeg to add to the ricotta cheese mix so I only used a pinch. The only thing I would add would be more ricotta. It seemed a little dry last night when I made it, but today for lunch, it wasn't like that at all. Go figure. The leftovers were sooo good and I agree that it's even better the next day. Thanks for this tasty recipe!

Prepared it exactly as written,minus the fennel seeds,and it was excellent. Gonna keep this one for future use.

Excellent! I have made it twice for company. I had people say it’s the best lasagna they ever had! And it’s the best I have ever made. I ended up with about a quart of sauce left over both times, which was fine. The first time I heated it to serve if anyone needed extra sauce, and no one felt they needed it. So I didn’t bother putting the extra sauce out the second time. We just saved it for another meal for the two of us. I doubted the used of fennel in the recipe, but I’m glad I didn’t leave it out. I also doubted the prep of the noodles in hot water. That worked like a charm! I will never boil lasagna noodles again!

My partner said was the best lasagna he’s ever had!! I will say it was good. We added fresh mushrooms to the sauce as it was simmering, just after affront the sauces before you layer it, to reduce the size of the mushroom. Was amazing!!

Really yummy! Loved it!

This was so delicious! I changed a few things based on my resources (broke college student status). I actually used ricotta and cream cheese and mozzarella cheese for the filling and it was to die for! The sauce was outstanding, I loved the brown sugar! Great recipe!!

I made this when we had friends over for dinner. One of my friends took a small piece to start and said he wasn't that hungry. I found out later that he doesn't always care for lasagna. He followed that first small piece with a second, much larger, one and then took some leftovers home. This is the best lasagna I've made and took less effort than some of the recipes I've used in the past. I did let the sauce simmer for about 3 hours and the refrigerated it overnight before assembling the lasagna. It was wonderful!

My first lasagna it was pretty good, my “best ever” but a little on the sweet side next time less brown sugar.There will be a next time

Crear recipe!

Made tonight and really liked it. Let me address a few things. I used all the sauce. Instead of one cup a layer I used 2. This helped with the “dryness” others commented on. Next time I will make a half more ricotta mixture because it wasn’t cheesy enough. Put the fennel in! It adds a brightness that is soooo good. Soaking the noodles worked perfectly. Like any good sauce the longer it cooks the more it melds. 1 hour is enough time. But I’m looking forward to the leftovers tomorrow.

Made per the instructions, with only the minor modification of mixing ricotta and cottage cheese. Hubby loved it...so what more can you ask???

Liked it, just a little too saucy

I would double the ricotta cheese in this recipe. Not enough to spread on the layers.

My SIL and I made this

Delicious Lasagna recipe! It was a real crowd pleaser for my family of the holiday period! Will make again!

so good!

Too Dry

Very good flavor but dry, dry, dry. The meat sauce needs more sauce. May try it again but will probably double the sauce.

Looks identical to Chef Johns recipe, both are great though!

I doubled the ricotta cheese and left out the fennel seeds. This lasagna was fantastic. I had extra sauce left over to use for spaghetti. Great recipe!

I've made many from scratch lazagnas before, but this was my BEST ever! Even my husband told me this! I made the recipe as written, including the fennel seeds, but added a bit more minced garlic to our liking, and WOW! It was delicious and I sealed wrapped and froze enough for 4 more dinners for both of us after eating it 2 days in a row.

I think the recipe is great. I did alter a few things but its all based on this recipe. The best thing about this recipe is that I seem to consistently produce a lasagna that is not too soupy. After its been in the fridge a while I use about 2 to 3 tablespoons of Del Grosso's pizza sauce just sprinkled on top when heating. This juices it up a bit after its been drying out in the fridge. Changes to my taste: *93% lean ground beef -no grease to drain *Substituted Romano for Parmesan *Skipped Nutmeg and Felnel seeds *doubled the egg

Best sauce recipe EVER!!!! The lasagna was great, but I am making the sauce my go to Italian sauce for spaghetti, whatever!!!!! Love this recipe!!!!

Very good. The best. I added a quarter cup of beer, a dash cayenne, and cooked several hours in a crock pot. Thanks for the recipe.

Yes I enjoyed making this dish and it came out fantastic and tastes great I loved it

This makes a great lasagna. However, the recipe only says to use the sauce at the very bottom of the pan. Obviously that's not correct. It should be included in each layer as well. Hopefully the recipe can be revised for new cooks?

Too Dry

Too dry. I like things a little saucier. Nice flavor.

I made it for a Christmas celebration. Subbed a pound of sliced mushrooms for the meat to satisfy the Pescatarians in the family. It was great. Everyone loved it. I had to cook it about 15 minutes longer than called for to get all the cheese melted. Probably didn’t let it sit long enough after cooking because it was hard to get out in a solid piece, but that didn’t affect the great taste!

Noodles a bit dry. Not enough cheese.

This is a great one! Really enjoyed. Will do again.