I’m still working through my Venison Italian Sausage, and I thought what would be better with the cold weather than some Venison Lasagna??
I love lasagna! It’s a hearty carb filled wonder of a meal. You can adventure out with it (like my Gator Lasagna 🤤) or keep it simple like this. I’m also a big fan of making Italian food at home because it’s so much cheaper than at a restaurant. Why spend like $20 at an Italian restaurant for a tasty slice of lasagna when I can make a whole pan for less than that? Italian food can be a little time consuming, but this recipe isn’t too labor intensive. You make your meat sauce, ricotta mixture, and then layer it in your big pan and throw it in the oven. Not too hard!
Something to keep in mind is I’ve seen a couple of you guys make my Italian recipes so far without the Italian sausage. You can make these recipes without the Italian sausage, but honestly, they’ll be missing out on a lot of flavor. You don’t need a super fancy grinder to make it, but a grinder will make your life so much easier in wild game cooking.
This is another family pleaser. I have met I think one person in my life who doesn’t like Lasagna so I’m going to go out on a limb and say most people do lol. Again, let me know in the comments how it goes and if you’d like to see any different recipes in the future. ENJOY!
Venison Lasagna
Equipment
- Deep Casserole Dish
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground venison
- 1 lb venison Italian sausage
- 1 onion chopped
- 1.5 T EVOO
- 48 oz favorite pasta sauce
- 1 package oven ready lasagna noodles
- 4 C shredded mozzarella
- 1 C parmesan cheese
Ricotta Mixture
- 15 oz whole ricotta
- 1 egg
- 2 T Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 C shredded parmesan
- 1 C shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Heat EVOO in a pan over medium high. Add onions and cook until translucent with some browning.
- Add meat and cook until done and browned. Drain the pan of extra liquid.
- Mix the meat mixture with your pasta sauce and set aside.
- Add all of your ricotta mixture to a bowl and mix together. Set aside.
- Preheat your oven to 375°F.
Layer Lasagna
- Evenly layer 1.5 C of your meat sauce on the bottom.
- Top with around 3 lasagna noodles (enough to cover completely).
- Evenly layer 1/2 of your ricotta mixture on top of the noodles.
- Put 2 C of your meat sauce on top.
- Top with another 3 lasagna noodles (enough to cover completely).
- Put the remaining ricotta mixture on top.
- 2 more C of meat sauce on top.
- Top with another 3 lasagna noodles (enough to cover completely).
- Place the remaining meat sauce on top.
- Top with 3-4 C of mozzarella (or enough to cover). Finally place ~1 C of parmesan cheese on the very top
Cook
- Cover the lasagna with foil and bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Spray the foil with oil so that it doesn't stick to the cheese
- Remove the foil and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
- You can broil at the end for more browning on the cheese.
- Let rest for ~5-10 minutes.
- ENJOY!
This is my first WOAH recipe I’ve tried and it did not disappoint! Easy to make and delicious!
I’m so glad you liked it!! 😊