Description
Festive Christmas Lasagna layered with Italian sausage, spinach ricotta, and bubbling mozzarella—rich, creamy, and perfect for holiday dinners.
Ingredients
1 lb ground Italian sausage
1 lb ground beef
2 tbsp garlic-infused olive oil (or 2 tbsp olive oil + 4 minced garlic cloves)
1 medium white onion (or 1 cup green onion)
6 tbsp tomato paste
28 oz crushed tomatoes
1 tsp kosher salt (plus more to taste)
½ tsp cracked black pepper
4 tbsp fresh basil or 4 tsp dried basil
4 ½ tsp fresh oregano or 1 ½ tsp dried oregano
1 tbsp olive oil (or garlic-infused olive oil)
4 cups (175g) fresh spinach, tightly packed
15 oz whole milk ricotta
½ cup (40g) shredded Parmigiano Reggiano
2 large eggs
½ tsp kosher salt
¼ tsp red pepper flakes
10–12 oz no-boil lasagna noodles
6 cups (24 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
1 ¼ cups (100g) shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
1. Cook sausage and beef in a large pan over medium-high heat until browned. Drain excess fat and set aside.
2. Sauté onion in garlic olive oil until translucent. Add tomato paste and cook until darkened.
3. Add crushed tomatoes, then return meat, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper. Simmer 30 minutes on low.
4. In another pan, cook spinach until wilted. Cool, then blend with ricotta, parmesan, eggs, salt, and red pepper flakes.
5. Grease a 9×13-inch or two 8×8-inch pans. Spread a thin layer of sauce on the bottom.
6. Layer noodles, half the meat sauce, and ¼ of each cheese.
7. Add noodles, half of the spinach-ricotta mix, and ¼ of each cheese.
8. Repeat for four layers, finishing with remaining cheeses on top.
9. Cover with greased foil. Refrigerate overnight or freeze for later.
10. To bake from fridge: Bake covered at 400°F for 45 min, uncover and bake 15 min more.
11. To bake from frozen: Bake covered 75 min, uncover 15 min more. Let rest 15 min before serving.
Notes
Recipe makes 12 standard or 6 large portions.
Split into two 8×8-inch pans to freeze one for later.
If baking from frozen, start checking at 60 minutes to ensure center is hot.
Use no-boil noodles for easy prep; break gently to fit.
Let rest before slicing for clean layers.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Christmas Dinner Recipes
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 770
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 1718 mg
- Fat: 44 g
- Saturated Fat: 20 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 46 g
- Fiber: 14 g
- Protein: 56 g
- Cholesterol: 121 mg