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large glass bake dish with cooked pizzagna recipe
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Pizzagna Recipe

This easy to assemble recipe is a mash up of pizza ingredients layered in lasagna noodles.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 8

Equipment

  • 2 baking dish
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 knife

Ingredients

  • 16 No Boil lasagna sheets
  • 2 jars of preferred marinara sauce
  • 3 cups shredded mozzerella cheese or Italian blend
  • 1 cup pepperoni slices
  • 1 pound ground sausage
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup shredded parmesan

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425F
  • Place a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the ground sausage and cook until it has browned completely. Drain any excess grease and discard. Pour in 1 jar of marinara sauce and cook with the sausage for 15 minutes. What that cooks, prepare the rest of the ingredients .
  • Slice half of the pepperoni into quarters. Leave the rest whole for topping the pizzagna.
  • In a large bowl, combine the 2 eggs, ricotta cheese, salt, pepper, and half of the shredded parmesan. Mix it well and set aside.
  • Once you have the meat sauce, cheeses, and pepperoni ready you can start layering the pizzagna. In the 9x13 baking dish, pour about half of a cup of the pasta sauce and spread it out evenly on the bottom of the dish.
  • Layer 4 of the lasagna noodles with a little room in between. They will spread out in size as the cook and absorb liquid from the sauce.
  • Add a layer of the meat sauce and spread it out evenly. Add ⅓ of the ricotta mixture in dollops and spread that around over the meat sauce. Sprinkle a generous layer of shredded cheese and pepperoni quarters onto the ricotta layer.
  • Cover with 4 more lasagna sheets and repeat the layer process. Sauce, cheese, meat, and lasagna sheets. Do this until you have 3 complete layers.
  • Finish the final layer with more marinara sauce, lots of shredded cheese and pepperoni slices.
  • Pour extra sauce around the sides of the assemble pizzagna so all sides of the pasta sheets are covered.
  • Cover the baking dish with foil and place in the oven on a middle rack.
  • Bake the pizzagna covered for 40 minutes.
  • After 40 minutes, remove the foil and cook for an additional 20 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
  • Cut and serve.

Notes

Since we are using No Boil lasagna sheets, they need plenty of moisture to cook. Make sure they have enough liquid around them.