Recipe: The Poor Man's Lasagna - The Culinary School of Equestria

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Raymanguy #1 · Jun 30th, 2014 · · ·

I thought to start the group with the last thing I cooked. That'd be this little beauty here:

The Poor Man's Lasagna. I call it that because I made it out of the random stuff left in my cupboards after we ran out of other foods. Anyway, here's what I did.

Took a big pot type thing and poured in two large cansof peeled tomatoes (more specifically they were the San Marzano and look like this can).

I used a whisk and put the pot on a burner on medium. As the it started to boil, I did my best to mash the tomatoes into a paste type thing. It didnt work out super well as I missed a few or didn't crush them completely. I'd suggest tomatoe paste or hand crush them before putting the pot on the burner. Next, I grated mozzerala cheese sticks (because we saved them in the freezer and had no other cheese). I grated all of the sticks which was about 13-15 sticks. I'd advise more cheese cause I ran out on the last layer.

Once the sauce came to a boil, I dropped it to almost a simmer while I added spices. I say you need to use the smell of it to judge. Without anything, it'll smell kinda acidic so add some sugar to balence it. I tossed in a large dash of garlic powder, followed by oregeno leaves and parsley flakes. Now it should smell like a sauce with a zing. I added more sugar and gave it a taste. You'll need to adjust to taste.

While that was going on, I laid out some no boil lasagna noodles down on a semi deep dish then poured in the sauce when it was ready followed by cheese. Then noodles then sauce and then cheese. I did that until I ran out of of those things. I baked it on 350 degrees F until the cheese was golden.