My Meatball Lasagna

Name: My Meatball Lasagna
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 4 slices day-old bread; 59 milliliters butter; 305 grams condensed Cheddar cheese soup; 340 grams cottage cheese; 4 eggs; 3 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 907 grams ground beef; 15 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning; 340 grams package lasagna noodles; 1 onion, chopped; 59 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 425 grams ricotta cheese; 237 milliliters shredded mozzarella cheese, or as needed; 473 milliliters shredded mozzarella cheese; 680 grams prepared spaghetti sauce (such as Prego®); 340 grams tomato paste; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 237 milliliters warm water

You can never have too many Mediterranean recipes, so give My Meatball Lasagnan a try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 29g of protein, 30g of fat, and a total of 514 calories. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 15. Head to the store and pick up onion, eggs, mozzarella cheese, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the eggs you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert. It works best as a main course, and is done in around 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Instructions

Soak bread slices in warm water in a bowl for 5 minutes; squeeze bread dry and transfer to a large bowl.

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Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in hot butter until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.

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Butter

Garlic

Onion

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Add onion and garlic to bread. Stir 1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, eggs, Parmesan cheese, and Italian seasoning into bread and onions until thoroughly combined. Crumble ground beef into mixture; mix until thoroughly combined. Season with salt and black pepper.

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Form ground beef mixture into 1-inch meatballs.

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Meatballs

Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Pan-fry meatballs until browned, working in batches if necessary, about 10 minutes, turning often. Set meatballs aside.

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Meatballs

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Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.

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Drain.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Combine prepared spaghetti sauce, tomato paste, and Cheddar cheese soup in a bowl.

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Cheddar Cheese Soup

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Tomato Paste

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Bowl

Combine ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, 2 cups mozzarella cheese, and parsley in a separate bowl.

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Mozzarella

Cottage Cheese

Ricotta Cheese

Parsley

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Spread 1 cup of sauce mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish.

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Sauce

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Layer 1/3 the lasagna noodles over the sauce, overlapping if necessary. Arrange meat balls over noodles.

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Place 1/3 the lasagna noodles over meat balls, and spread with cheese mixture in an even layer. Top cheese layer with remaining 1/3 the lasagna noodles and spread remaining sauce over top layer of noodles.

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