Description
Low carb lasagna is layered with cheese pasta, a thick meat sauce, ricotta cheese and finished with mozzarella and grated parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
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For the pasta:
- 1 cheese pizza crust recipe -DOUBLED
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasonings
For the meat sauce:
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 pound “Hot” Jimmy Dean Sausage
- 1 pound (about 4) fresh tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, small diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- One 15 ounce container ricotta cheese
- 1 cup mozzarella
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
For the pasta:
- Set oven to 400°
- Mix ingredients together for cheese pizza crust (Double the recipe), plus one tablespoon of Italian seasonings.
- Place on top of parchment paper on a half-sheet pan.
- Cover cheese with an additional sheet of parchment paper.
- With a rolling pin, roll the cheese out thin and even, covering most of the pan.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
- Trim 1 inch off one side and the bottom. Cut in half.
For the meat sauce:
- Brown the turkey and sausage together in a skillet.
- Remove and drain the fat.
- Place olive oil in the skillet and add the onions. Cook 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and continue to cook 3 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and crushed red pepper, cook 5 minutes.
- Mix in the tomato paste. Turn off heat.
- Add browned meats and combine.
All together now:
- In a 8″x 12″ casserole dish, lay one sheet of pasta down.
- Layer one-half of meat mixture over the top of the pasta.
- Take half of the ricotta and spread thinly over the meat sauce.
- Lay another sheet of pasta over ricotta.
- Repeat meat sauce and ricotta layers.
- Top the second layer of ricotta with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 483.8
- Sugar: 1.8
- Fat: 35.2
- Carbohydrates: 5.5
- Protein: 34.3