America's Test Kitchen Simple Cheese Lasagna

Ingredients

• Ricotta cheese

  Whole milk

  15 oz or 425g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  2 ½ oz or 71g

• Basil

  Fresh

  ½ cup leaves, whole or 12g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 large or 50g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Tomato chili sauce sauce

  Bottled, with salt

  6 cup or 1.64kg

• Mozzarella cheese

  Part skim milk

  4 cup, shredded or 448g

• Spinach

  Raw

  1 ¾ package (10 oz) or 497g

• Lasagna Noodles

  Great Value

  6 servings or 336g

Directions

1. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix the ricotta, 1 cup of the Parmesan, the basil, egg, salt, and pepper until well-combined.
3. Spread 1/4 cup of the tomato sauce over the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.
4. Place 3 of the noodles on top of the sauce and drop 3 tablespoons of the ricotta mixture down the center of each noodle, then spread it to an even thickness.
5. Sprinkle evenly with 1 cup of the mozzarella.
6. Spoon 1 1/2 cups of the sauce evenly over the cheese. Repeat this layering 2 more times.
7. For the final layer, place the 3 remaining noodles on top.
8. Spread the remaining 1 1/4 cups sauce over the noodles.
9. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup mozzarella and then the remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan.
10. Spray a large sheet of foil lightly with vegetable oil spray and cover the lasagna. Bake for 15 minutes.
11. Remove the foil and continue to bake until the cheese is browned and the sauce is bubbling, about 25 minutes longer.
12. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
13. Recipe by: AmyZoe (source: https://www.food.com/recipe/americas-test-kitchen-simple-cheese-lasagna-483401)