Dad'S Lasagna - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb Italian sausage
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon whole basil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 lb canned tomato
12 ounces canned tomato paste (2 cans usually)
10 ounces lasagna noodles
2 eggs
3 cups fresh ricotta or 3 cups cream-style cottage cheese
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup romano cheese
2 tablespoons parsley flakes
1 teaspoon pepper
1 lb mozzarella cheese, sliced very thin

Preparation

Remove sausage skins and break up the sausage in frying pan.
Brown meat slowly and spoon off excess fat.
Add garlic, basil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, tomatoes and tomato paste.
Simmer, covered for 15 minutes; stir often.
Set aside when finished.
Meanwhile, cook noodles in boiling salted water until tender; drain; rinse.
In a large bowl, beat eggs; add Ricotta, Parmesan, Parsley, pepper and a tsp of salt.
Mix well.
Now in a 13x9x2 inch baking dish; Layer half the noodles; spread with half the Ricotta cheese/egg mixture; add half the thinly sliced mozzarella and then half the meat sauce.
Repeat.
Bake at 375 F degrees for about 30 minutes.
Alternatively, you could refrigerate until later and then bake for 45 minutes.
Either way let the lasagna stand for 10 minutes before serving.