Michelle's Lasagna

Michelle Engle

The sauce:
1 big can of Italian chopped tomatoes
1 small can tomato paste
Pound of ground sirloin
Chopped fresh basil and oregano
Ground fennel
Crushed red pepper
1 big sweet onion
Big lump chopped garlic ( I use the already chopped garlic in the jar, because I use it in about everything so I find it easier)
1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar
Grated Parmesan cheese

I have a mortar and pestle so I use fennel seeds and crush that and the red pepper in it til it's fine.

Cheese mix
2 eggs
1 softened package cream cheese
1 package of mozzarella
1 pack of shredded Parmesan
1 tub of ricotta or small curd cottage 4% (drained)
1 package of shredded Italian blend cheese
Fresh chopped parsley

I have a kitchen aid mixer so it makes this next process easier

First beat the eggs and then add cream cheese, and blend on high speed until it starts to get fluffy, like your making a cheesecake.
Then add the cottage or ricotta cheese, blend well.
Mix in the rest of the cheeses but save a little bit from each package to put on top

I'm a big fan of cheese, so sometimes if I have feta, I'll throw that in too, it's also good on the top .