I'm so excited to share with you my family's famous Lasagna with Homemade Noodles recipe! This one was definitely a favorite of mine growing up, and I've added my own twist to it since then. It combines a homemade meat sauce with three types of cheese. You can absolutely use store-bought lasagna noodles, but I love making my own, and they're easy. It's the perfect dish for this time of year to make for family events or friends in town, because it serves quite a few people! But it's totally fine to make for two as it heats up great, and you can freeze leftovers.

Start with making the meat sauce for Lasagna with Homemade Noodles:

Ingredients:

The sauce combines ground beef, onion, garlic, tomato sauce, tomato paste, beef broth, basil, oregano, parsley paprika, a bay leaf, salt and pepper. It's the same sauce I use for my homemade spaghetti (also on the blog and linked below).

Instructions for meat sauce:

Using a large stock pot or dutch oven, brown your ground beef. Drain off most of the grease, but leave a little behind to saute the onion and garlic.

Add tomato sauce, paste and beef broth. Bring to boil and stir in spices. Turn down to simmer for about 1 ½ hours.

While sauce cooks, make your pasta for Lasagna with Homemade Noodles:

You'll follow the steps in this recipe already posted to my blog, however you'll want to double the ingredients. Stop at step 12 when you have the long sheets of pasta.

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I have this beautiful copper KitchenAid Stand Mixer, which makes pasta making (and baking) so much easier:

https://www.crateandbarrel.com/kitchenaid-custom-metallic-series-5-quart-tilt-head-satin-copper-stand-mixer/s628955

You will have double the balls of dough based on doubling the recipe to roll out into long sheets.

Once you have your long sheets of pasta the most important step is to take the long sheet and place it in the baking dish you're going to use. This shows how much you need to cut length-wise in order for the noodles to fit. The excess dough that is removed can be balled back up with the others to create a final sheet if you need it. Then you can use a fluted edged cutting wheel to cut them into lasagna noodle shapes. Or you can leave the edges smooth, as it makes no difference to the taste. I've linked some pasta tools below if you're feeling fancy:

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The great thing with homemade noodles is you don't have to cook them! Since the pasta is fresh, it will cook while in the oven vs store-bought which is dried and needs to be boiled.

If you're using store-bought lasagna noodles:

Close to the time your sauce will be ready, bring a large salted pot of water to boil. Add lasagna noodles but cook only ⅔ the time on package. They will continue to cook in the oven. Drain but do not rinse.

How to assemble Lasagna with Homemade Noodles:

Now for the fun part - assembly! Spray your baking dish with non-stick spray around the edges. Start by adding a thin layer of sauce across the bottom. This will keep the bottom layer from becoming too dry. Lay down a layer of noodles. Depending on the sheets of pasta you rolled out the number you need will vary. You will want them to all touch one another to spread out to either edge though. Typically 3-4 will do the trick. With store-bought three is generally enough. Using a fork, spread ricotta cheese on top of this layer of noodles.

Next, add a generous layer of sauce.

Then a generous layer of shredded Mozzarella. I prefer to use fresh Mozzarella and shred it myself.

And next, a layer of Parmesan. Again, I prefer to use fresh and shred my own.

After this, lay down another layer of noodles. Repeat the steps ricotta -> sauce -> Mozzarella -> Parmesan -> noodles until you reach the top of the baking dish. Once you place the last layer of noodles this will be the top of your lasagna. Top with a little sauce and more fresh Parmesan. Then bake at 350 for 45 minutes - 1 hour. You'll want the top to crisp up just a little bit.

The finished product:

I meaaaan look at that beauty.

Allow your lasagna to cool slightly before slicing and serving.

How to serve Lasagna with Homemade Noodles:

I cut the lasagna into squares to serve. Use a spatula to remove. Check out that cheese pull!

Feel free to serve with some additional Parmesan and/or fresh parsley.

Just look at those layers! Enjoy!

Storage:

This lasagna will stay good in your refrigerator, covered, for about 4-5 days. Simply heat back up in the microwave, oven or toaster oven. You can freeze leftovers as well which are good up to three months.

If you enjoyed this recipe you might also enjoy:

https://www.cuisineandcocktails.com/grandma-gs-spaghetti/

https://www.cuisineandcocktails.com/handmade-gnocchi-with-bolognese-sauce/

https://www.cuisineandcocktails.com/pancetta-tomato-pasta/

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