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Fresh Mozzarella Skillet Lasagna

October 17, 2010 By lbaugustine 7 Comments

You can literally make and serve this recipe within an hour from start to finish. The preparation is made easy with “oven-ready” lasagna noodles that do not require boiling. This is definitely one of my family’s favorite recipes for the taste and mine for the preparation.

I love the fresh mozzarella for the texture and subtle flavor it gives to the lasagna. And I am bending my seasonal rules by using fresh basil but it is so easily found that I am using it in this wonderful autumn recipe. I use store-bought marinara sauce to save time, although homemade obviously would be great, too. Italian chicken sausage is my preference, but you can also use pork sausage, if you prefer.

Fresh Mozzarella Skillet Lasagna
 
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Serves: 5-6
Ingredients
  • 15 ounces ricotta cheese
  • ¼ cup water
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅓ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 1 pound Italian chicken sausage, cases removed
  • 3 cups Marinara sauce
  • ½ pound fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
  • 8 oven-ready (no boiling) lasagna noodles
  • ¼ cup shredded Parmesan
Instructions
  1. Stir together ricotta, water, salt and ⅓ cup Parmesan; set aside.
  2. Brown sausage in an 11 to 12-inch skillet over medium heat, breaking up clumps, until cooked through about 7-8 minutes. Stir in 2 cups marinara sauce (reserving remaining sauce for end of assembly). Reduce heat to low.
  3. Put 2 lasagna noodles on center of sauce and sausage mixture; break two additional lasagna noodles into pieces and fill in over the sauce to the edges of skillet.
  4. Gently spread the ricotta mixture over the noodles, spreading to edges of skillet. Lay mozzarella slices over ricotta, then arrange basil over mozzarella. Break remaining 2 noodles into several pieces and fill in to edges of skillet.
  5. Put 2 more lasagna noodles over cheese and basil; then break 2 additional noodles into pieces and fill in over the cheese to the edges of skillet. Pour remaining marinara sauce evenly over noodles, spreading to edges of skillet; sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup Parmesan cheese.
  6. Cover and simmer over low heat until noodles are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow sitting 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
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Filed Under: Autumn, Recipes Tagged With: chicken, Pasta

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Comments

  1. Leslie Haeger says

    January 21, 2011 at 7:35 am

    Love your new blog, pls share your favorite store bought marinara sauce. I’ve only made mine from scratch so would love a shortcut. Thanks for the inspiration.

    Reply
    • lbaugustine says

      January 26, 2011 at 6:23 pm

      Trader Joe’s has several I like!

      Reply
  2. Jordi says

    January 22, 2011 at 1:21 am

    Linda,

    Your new blog looks great. I’m ditching the Lago recipe and rolling with Linda’s Laz!

    Jordi

    Reply
    • lbaugustine says

      January 26, 2011 at 6:23 pm

      Ha, ha! Glad you like the site.

      Reply
  3. Kelli says

    January 27, 2011 at 4:19 am

    This turned out delicious! I’ve never made lasagna before and it was so easy!

    Reply
  4. Katie Keller says

    September 3, 2011 at 4:22 am

    Sam made this while he was home……Excellent!

    Reply
  5. Joy says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    Thank you. found it under pears for autumn. I am going through all receipes. Great. Lasagna

    Reply

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