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INGREDIENTS:

Your choice of Red Sauce, about 2-3 Cups
About 3 Cups shredded Mozzarella
About 2 Cups Parmesan or Romano
2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
Salt & Pepper
Dehydrated minced Onions
1/2 stick Butter
2 Eggs
Sliced Mozzarella Cheese- about 12 slices
Sliced Muenster Cheese- about 12 slices
(sliced Provolone is good too add to this as well)
1 lb or less of Ricotta Cheese
1 lb Lasagna Noodles

NOTE: Don't use the "oven ready" Lasagna noodles.
I don't like the taste. Do it the old fashioned way and
actually begin to boil a large pot of water.




















DIRECTIONS:

Put the Ricotta, Eggs, 1-2 Tablespoons dehydrated
minced Onions, pinch of Salt and Pepper, about 1
Cup of Parmesan and about 1 cup of shredded
Mozzarella Cheese into bowl.



















Mix all together.




















Put a ladlefull of Red Sauce into large Lasagna pan. I
use the disposable ones, but you can use a large
cake pan if you want.



















Add a bit of water and swirl around. This will help the
bottom layer of noodles from burning to the pan.




















NOTE: You should be boiling water for the Lasagna
noodles. While that's happening, begin the Alfredo.
Put Butter, dash of Salt and Pepper, and about 2
Cups of Heavy Whipping Cream in saute pan under
high flame.




















Your objective here is to get the Cream to "rise up" to
the top of the pan, but not to have it over flow. When
it begins to "rise up" put the flame to LOW.



















Simmer on Low for a good 7 minutes. This is what
thickens the Alfredo sauce (and how long it takes the
Lasagna noodles to cook. Remove from heat.



















Now on to the Noodles....
NOTE: Do NOT boil the Noodles for more than 7 min.
They will continue to cook when you bake the pan
of Lasagna.




















Get a large bowl of Ice Water handy. When Noodles
are done, drain, do not rinse.



















IMMEDIATELY put Noodles into the bowl of Ice Water.
This will stop the cooking process.



















Let it cool down for a min here, then drain again.



















Then return to a fresh bowl of cold water..



















When you layer the Noodles inbetween the Cheese
stuffing, do so horizontally and then vertically. When
you do the vertical layer, you will have about an inch
or two of excess Noodles. Cut this excess away with
scissor AND SAVE for later on.



















Layer with sliced Cheese, then Noodle, then 1/2 of
the Ricotta Cheese mixture (spread the Ricotta
Cheese mixture around).




















Put a bit of Red Sauce on top.



















Put another layer over this, and reheat the Alfredo
sauce
Now get the Cream to "rise up" again...



















Pour Alfredo over this fresh layer of Noodles.




















Top with more sliced Cheeses.




















Put another layer of Noodles over. Remember, save
those cut off excess Noodles.




















Continue layering Noodles with the remaining
Cheeses and Ricotta Cheese mixture. On the very
top and last layer, pour some more Red Sauce on top.
Now, remember those excess Noodles you cut? Put
THOSE on top of the Red Sauce on top. This will
prevent the Red Sauce on the top layer from burning.
Bake 350*F for about 45 minutes or so.
When done, remove from oven and let it cool for
about 5 minutes or so before slicing.




















Remove those excess Noodles. They will be too
crunchy to eat. See how some parts of the outer layer
is somewhat burnt? When you slice the Lasagna, cut
around that part.




















Slice and eat!! If you want to freeze some, cover with
tin foil and refrigerate overnight. The next day cut up
what you want to freeze and put in plastic containers,
topping with a bit of Sauce AND a pinch of water.
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