Lasagna (Make ahead and Freeze - Jumbo recipe)
Instant Pot, Main Entree, Make Ahead and Freeze
Ingredients
1 1/4 pound ground beef (20 oz)
1 pound ground Italian sausage (16 oz)
6 3/4 cups spaghetti sauce (54 oz)
1 1/8 cup water for recipe (9 oz)
2 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
2 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
4 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded (18 oz)
2 1/4 cups colby jack cheese shredded (9 oz)
1 1/8 cups parmesan cheese grated (5 5/8 oz)
10 oven ready lasagna noodles
Description
259 cu in.
Five Large Foil pans (5 x 51.2 = 256 cu in.)
This recipe is built around fitting into a whole number of pans that fit in the instant pot. For that reason the ingredients don't fall on even package sizes.
Directions
1. Brown and cook sausage and ground beef. Drain.
2. Add spaghetti sauce and cook to a simmer. Add water and seasonings. Let simmer about 10 minutes.
3. Spray bottom of an Instant Pot safe pan with cooking spray.
4. Put a thin layer of spaghetti sauce on bottom of pan and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
5. Place 1 layer of lasagna noodles (uncooked) on top of sauce. Break into pieces to make them fit if needed.
6. Add a layer of sauce, parmesan cheese, colby jack, and mozzarella.
7. Repeat layers until you reach the top, and on the last layer of meat, cover with just mozzarella cheese.
8. Install cover onto pan (or cover with foil)
9. Freeze
When ready to eat, remove from freezer and do not thaw.
Place 1 cup water in bottom of Instant Pot. Place trivet in water.
Place pan on top of trivet.
Close the lid, make sure the valve is not set to release pressure, and set IP to cook for 50 minutes on high pressure (20 minutes if fresh and not frozen)
After the timer completes, let the IP release it's pressure naturally for 10 minutes, and then release the rest.
Remove from Instant Pot and remove foil. Place under broil for 2-3 minutes, or until cheese is browned and crispy.
Notes
Large Rectangular Foil Pans: http://a.co/d/7qrTCuJ are 51.2 cu in. and measure 6.5 x 4.5 x 1.75 to the lower lip. NOT top of the folding lip
Original recipe taken from https://www.clarkscondensed.com/food/instant-pot/instant-pot-lasagna/
1 9oz of Barilla Oven Ready Lasagna noodles has 15 noodles in it and is the perfect width for the foil pans.
For planning, you will get 2 noodle layers with this recipe in these pans.
Campbell and I made this and at her request, reduced the sauce a bit and increased the cheese slightly. We used 45oz of sauce and 2 noodle layers. It was excellent but Jill said "Too cheesy"
Cover with foil before cooking to avoid steam leaking into the container.
Sprinkle a fresh layer of cheese on top right before the broiler for a perfect top.
To scale this recipe it breaks down as follow per pan:
Beef: 4 oz
Sausage: 3.2 oz
Sauce: 10.8 oz
Water: 1.8 oz
Italian Seasoning: < 1/2 tsp
Garlic Powder: < 1/2 tsp
Mozzarella: 3.6 oz
Colby Jack: 1.85 oz
Parmesan: 1.14 oz
Noodles: 2