Italian Lasagna - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    9 lasagna noodles
    1 lb Italian sausage
    1/2 lb ground beef
    1 cup onion, chopped
    2 garlic cloves, minced
    2 teaspoons sugar
    1 tablespoon salt
    1 1/2 teaspoons basil leaves
    1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, broken up
    2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
    1 egg, beaten
    1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
    1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 cup ripe olives, sliced
    1 lb mozzarella cheese, grated
    3/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Preparation
    Prepare lasagna noodles according to package directions.
    Drain.
    Cook Italian sausage and ground beef; drain excess fat.
    Add onion and garlic.
    Stir and cook 5 minutes.
    Add next 7 ingredients and simmer 20 minutes.
    Combine egg, ricotta, parsley and salt in small bowl.
    In bottom of a 9x13-inch pan, spoon about 1 1/2 cups meat sauce.
    Layer 1/3 of the lasagna, 1/3 the meat sauce, 1/3 the ricotta, 1/3 the sliced olives, 1/3 the Mozzarella and 1/3 the Parmesan.
    Repeat layering.
    Cover with foil.
    Bake in a 375\u00b0 oven for 25 minutes.
    Remove foil and bake uncovered 25 minutes longer.
    Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

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