originally came from "mylasagnarecipe.com", pulled up at 12/30/2012... it's been a while.   It doesn't appear that the site exists anymore.  Fortunately, I printed a PDF.  

Here's the original recipe.  

https://www.kc9umr.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/My-Lasagna-Recipe-Tips.pdf

 1 lb sweet Italian sausage
 1 lb ground beef
 0.50 cup chopped onions
 2 cloves chopped garlic
 28 oz crushed tomatoes
 12 oz tomato paste
 16 oz tomato sauce
 0.50 cup water
 2 tsp basil leaves (fresh, chopped)
 4 tbsp italian parsley (fresh)
 2 tbsp sugar
 1 tsp fennel seed
 1 tsp salt
 1 tsp italian seasoning
 0.50 tsp ground pepper
 0.50 tsp grated nutmeg
 23 oz ricotta cheese
 1 egg
 1 lb mozarella
 1 cup parmesan, grated
 12 lasagna noodles
Meat Sauce
1

in a pot, brown the ground beef, Italian sausage, onions, and garlic (6-9 minutes).  Remove grease when done (optional)

2

add water, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, and tomato sauce, gently stirring into pot

3

add sugar, fennel seed, basil, Italian parsley, salt, Italian seasoning, and pepper, gently stirring into pot

4

cover pot and simmer for 90 minutes.  OPTIONAL - when complete, refrigerate overnight before continuing

Noodles
5

soak noodles in hot tap water for 15 minutes

Cheese filling
6

put ricotta and nutmeg in a mixing bowl

7

add egg and chopped Italian parsley, and mix with a spoon

Build the lasagna
8

in a 9x13 baking pan, layer 2 cups of sauce on the bottom of the pan, then shake water off wet noodles, and lay 6 noodles across the sauce layer

9

spread half of the cheese over the noodles

10

put half of the mozzarella across the ricotta layer, and sprinkle half of the parmesan over the mozzarella

11

spread 2 cups of meat sauce across the cheese

12

repeat the layers

Cooking
13

cover with foil

14

bake at 350 for 25 minutes

15

remove foil and bake another 25 minutes

16

allow to cool for 15 minute before serving

Ingredients

 1 lb sweet Italian sausage
 1 lb ground beef
 0.50 cup chopped onions
 2 cloves chopped garlic
 28 oz crushed tomatoes
 12 oz tomato paste
 16 oz tomato sauce
 0.50 cup water
 2 tsp basil leaves (fresh, chopped)
 4 tbsp italian parsley (fresh)
 2 tbsp sugar
 1 tsp fennel seed
 1 tsp salt
 1 tsp italian seasoning
 0.50 tsp ground pepper
 0.50 tsp grated nutmeg
 23 oz ricotta cheese
 1 egg
 1 lb mozarella
 1 cup parmesan, grated
 12 lasagna noodles
Lasagna from scratch

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