Guffey'S Favorite Lasagna - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. Italian sausage
1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 c. chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. fennel seed
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 c. chopped parsley
4 c. canned tomatoes (undrained) or 1 (2 lb. 3 oz.) can Italian style tomatoes
2 (6 oz.) cans tomato paste
1 Tbsp. salt
12 curly lasagna noodles
1 (15 oz.) container Ricotta or cottage cheese, drained
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 lb. Mozzarella cheese
3/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation

Remove outer casing from sausage; chop meat.
In a 5-quart pan over medium heat, saute sausage, beef, onion and garlic, stirring frequently, until well browned, about 20 minutes.
Add sugar, 1 tablespoon salt, basil, fennel seed and half of parsley; mix well. Add tomatoes, tomato paste and 1/2 cup water, mashing tomatoes with wooden spoon.
Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer covered, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 1 1/2 hours.