Slow-Cooker Sausage Lasagna

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This cozy, comforting slow-cooker lasagna has delicious flavors.

Prep Time:
25 mins
Total Time:
25 mins
Servings:
8

Our slow-cooker lasagna is a comforting dinner to come home to—or to leave to slow cook for four to six hours while you're at home. The meat sauce is a delicious combination of ground sirloin and Italian sausage, the sausage brings fat and seasoned flavors to the beef, so making the sauce is a snap. You will need to sauté the sauce on the stovetop before you assemble the lasagna in the slow cooker. But there's no need to buy no-boil noodles or to cook the lasagna sheets before assembling, they cook as the lasagna cooks—that's just part of the magic of slow-cooker lasagna.

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound Italian pork sausage, casings removed

  • 1 pound ground beef sirloin

  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped

  • 2 medium carrots, finely chopped

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced

  • Coarse salt and ground pepper

  • 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste

  • 1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes in puree

  • 9 lasagna noodles

  • 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella (8 ounces)

Directions

  1. Saute meats:

    In a 5-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot, cook sausage and beef over medium-high, breaking up meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, 4 to 6 minutes.

  2. Add vegetables and garlic:

    Add onion, carrots, and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cook until onion has softened, 3 to 5 minutes.

  3. Add tomato paste, then tomatoes:

    Stir in tomato paste, then tomatoes; bring to a boil, and remove from heat.

  4. Assemble lasagna:

    Spoon 2 cups meat mixture into bottom of a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Layer 3 noodles (breaking them as needed to fit), 2 cups meat mixture, and 1/2 cup cheese; repeat with two more layers (refrigerate 1/2 cup cheese for topping).

    To fit lasagna noodles into a round slow cooker, break off corners as needed. You don't have to precook the noodles. When the lasagna's done, they'll be ready, too.

  5. Cook lasagna:

    Cover slow cooker, and cook on low, 4 to 6 hours.

  6. Add reserved cheese:

    Sprinkle lasagna with 1/2 cup cheese. Cover until cheese has melted, about 10 minutes.

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Originally appeared: Everyday Food, March 2009

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