Hello, I’m Laura. Today, we’re going to prepare pattys best crockpot lasagna recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. Nowadays, I am going to make it a little bit more unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Pattys Best Crockpot Lasagna Recipe
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pattys best crockpot lasagna using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pattys Best Crockpot Lasagna:
- Make ready 1 box uncooked lasagna noodles
- Take 1 1/2 lbs ground chuck
- Take 2 (15 oz) Jars of Prego or your famous sauce
- Get 1 small can of tomato paste
- Get 1-2 stalks celery
- Make ready 1 large onion
- Take 1 1/2 cups carrots
- Take 2 Tbsp minced garlic
- Prepare 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- Take to taste salt pepper
- Prepare 1 dash pepper flakes, or to taste
- Prepare 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- Make ready pinch nutmeg
- Make ready 1/2 tsp sugar
- Get 3 cups ricotta cheese
- Make ready 1 cup parmesan cheese
- Make ready 3 cups mozzarella cheese
- Take 1 egg beaten
- Take 1 Tbsp evoo (extra virgin olive oil )
- Make ready 2 cups fresh spinach
- Take 16 oz Provolone Cheese
Steps to make Pattys Best Crockpot Lasagna:
- Puree the onion, carrots and celery. Add puree to hot saute pan with evoo and cook on high, stirring to release the natural juices and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Place aside in large pot until later.
- Brown ground chuck and drain excess grease. Add the Italian seasoning, salt and pepper and pepper flakes and balsamic vinegar to the cooked beef. Mix cooked beef to the puree.
- Mix together chopped spinach, parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese and mozzarella cheese, beaten egg, nutmeg and salt& pepper. Set aside.
- Sauté garlic in evoo for about 3 minutes, dont let it burn. Add tomato paste and add 2 cans of water using empty tomato paste can. Cook on high, stirring frequently until most of liquid is gone. Add both jars of Prego to paste and sugar. Salt and pepper to taste. Add sauce to meat and veggie puree mixture. Mix well. Set aside.
- Build your mountain of lasagna now. Spray inside crockpot with cooking spray or oil to prevent sticking. Cover the bottom of crockpot with meat/sauce mixture. Then add a layer of uncooked lasagna noodles (breaking them to fit and overlapping is good). Then add enough cheese mixture to cover the noodles (you can use a spatula to spread it evenly ). Then add more noodles, then cheese mixture, then meat/sauce, and finally end with meat sauce on top. Make sure all of the noodles are covered in sauce to prevent drying out. Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top. When its almost done, an hour or 30 mins before add a layer of mozzarella cheese and provolone cheese to the top so it can melt and be more gooey and yummy. :-p Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-6 hours (depends on size of crockpot and how long you are willing to wait.
- Enjoy! Please give me feedback so i can improve and not torture my family. Thanks all.
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