The Most Delicious Lasagna – Easy Homemade Classic Recipe

Preheat oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F).

In a large pot, boil the salted water on high heat. Cook the pasta al dente, as per package directions.
Once it's ready, drain and rinse with cool water.

Drizzle a bit of extra virgin olive oil on a large baking sheet and lay the cooked noodles on it, this will prevent noodles from sticking together.

Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat.
Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink on all sides, and breaking it apart.
Remove from the heat and drain from the fat.

Add in diced onion and minced garlic into the skillet and let it cook until fragrant or about 4 minutes.
Return the cooked beef into skillet and stir to combine for another minute.

Add in tomato sauce, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, dried oregano, dried basil and water.
Adjust the taste, add in sugar, salt, and ground black pepper. Stir until well combined. Cover the skillet and reduce the heat to low.
Bring the sauce to a simmer it for 30 minutes.

While the sauce cooks, make the ricotta mixture. Combine parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, chopped parsley leaves, and egg in a large mixing bowl. Stir well.

When the meat sauce ready, ladle the meat sauce in a large casserole dish or baking dish, spread it over equally.
Then top it with 3 layer of lasagna noodles, a layer of ricotta mixture, a single layer of mozzarella cheese and meat sauce. Repeat the layers twice.
For the the last layer of noodle, top it with the remaining meat sauce, parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese.

Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes to get crusty top and edges.

Allow to sit for 20 minutes before cutting and serving the lasagna. Garnish with fresh basil leaves if desired.