Pizza Lasagna- this cheesy lasagna has all your favorite pizza toppings. There's sausage, pepperoni, onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, and olives. So many flavors!
Course Dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Keyword lasagna, pepperoni
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
9lasagna noodles
1poundItalian sausage
1/2mediumonion,diced
8ounceswhite mushrooms,sliced
1(15-ounce) jarpizza sauce
1(14.5-ounce) candiced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano,drained
1(15-ounce) containerricotta cheese or cottage cheese
1largeegg
1/3cupshredded Parmesan cheese
1 1/2teaspoonsItalian seasoning
3cupsshredded mozzarella cheese
1(6-ounce) package pepperoni slices
1/3cupdiced green pepper
2tablespoonssliced black olives
Instructions
Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions. Drain.
Meanwhile preheat oven to 350 degrees and brown and crumble the sausage in a large nonstick skillet.Remove sausage from skillet and set aside. Leave grease in the skillet.
Cook onion and mushrooms in sausage grease until onion is soft and mushrooms are brown. Season with salt and pepper.
Return sausage to skillet and add pizza sauce and diced tomatoes. Stir to combine.
In a medium bowl, whisk together ricotta cheese, egg, Parmesan cheese, and Italian seasoning.
Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Spread 1/3 cup of sauce mixture in bottom of baking dish. Arrange 3 noodles over the sauce.Spoon half the ricotta mixture over the noodles.
Top with 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese, followed by 1/3 of the pepperoni slices and 1/3 of the remaining sauce.
Place a second layer of noodles in the baking dish, followed by the remaining ricotta mixture, 1 cup of mozzarella, another 1/3 of the pepperoni slices, and another 1/3 of the sauce.
Place the final layer of noodles on top and spread the remaining sauce on top.
Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese on top.Arrange the remaining pepperoni slices on top.Sprinkle on the green pepper and black olives.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until bubbly. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.