Just-Like-Mom's Lasagna

2 tbsp olive oil

2 cups chopped onions (I always use fennel)

½ cup diced carrot

1 tbsp fennel seeds, crushed in a mortar and pestle or spice mill

1 lb spicy Italian Beyond Meat (or turkey or pork) sausage, casings removed

3 garlic cloves, pressed (or microplaned or chopped)

½ cup dry white wine

5 cups crushed tomatoes with added puree (from two 28-ounce cans)

1 cup chopped fresh basil, divided

2 tbsp chopped fresh oregano

2 8-ounce containers Kite Hill Dairy Free ricotta

1 package Miyoko's Dairy Free fresh mozarella, grated

1 ¼ cups Follow Your Heart Dairy Free Parmesan cheese, divided

1 package RP's (Gluten Free) Pasta or Cappello's (Grain Free) fresh lasgne sheets

Heat oil in nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add onions (fennel), carrot, and fennel seeds; saute 5 minutes. Then add sausage and garlic; saute until sausage in cooked through, breaking into pieces, 8 to 10 minutes. Mix in wine; boil 1 minute. Finally, add tomatoes, 1/2 cup basil, and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until sauce thickens, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Combine ricotta, mozzarella, 1 cup Parmesan, and 1/2 cup basil in medium bowl; stir to blend. Season with pepper.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spread 1 cup sauce over bottom of 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Cover with 3 lasagna sheets placed horizontally across the dish. Drop 1/4 of the cheese mixture over by tablespoons; spread out. Top with 1 cup sauce, then three noodles, and 1/4 of remaining cheese mixture. Repeat twice more with sauce, noodles, and remaining cheese mixture. Spread any remaining sauce. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan.

Bake lasagna uncovered until heated and puffed, around 50 minutes. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes and serve.

NOTES:

Sauce and cheese mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately. Chill.

If using dried Gluten Free lasagna noodles, use 16-6 1/2x3 1/4-inch no-boil lasagna noodles, place in large bowl; cover with hot water. Soak until pliable, about 30 minutes. If using dried noodles, prepare 1 package according to package directions. Drain either.

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