Ravioli Lasagna with Chicken Italian Sausage and Spinach

 

Ravioli Lasagna with Chicken Italian Sausage and Spinach

 

Yield: 6-8  

Total Time: 60 minutes +/-

Ingredients:

2 tsp olive oil
1/2 lb ground chicken Italian sausage
1/2 sweet yellow onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
1 jar of marinara, more if you like
25 oz bag of frozen cheese ravioli (you’ll have a few leftover)
2 cups of fresh baby spinach
1  1/2 cups mozzarella, shredded, more if needed or desired
2 tbsp Parmesan, grated
Dried basil, to taste
Fresh basil, to taste, for serving

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9×9 glass baking dish with olive oil cooking spray.

Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring often, making sure to break it up into crumbles with a spatula, for 2-3 minutes. Add the diced onion and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Season with a bit of sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Set aside.

Spread a bit of marinara over the bottom of the baking dish. Place the frozen ravioli in the bottom of the pan in three rows. Top with half of the fresh baby spinach, next add half of the meat and onion mixture, followed by a bit of mozzarella and parmesan, and lastly, spoon a little marinara on top and spread carefully. Add another layer of ravioli followed by the remaining spinach and meat, and little bit of each cheese, then a little more marinara. Add the final layer of ravioli then spread the remaining sauce evenly on top. Sprinkle the top with the last of the shredded mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle a bit of dried basil on top.

Place into the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until bubbly and cooked through. Let the lasagna cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving with freshly chopped basil on top. Enjoy.

 

Recipe and photos by For the Love of Cooking.net