Sausage and Squash Lasagna Recipe
We were surprised by how well lasagna cooks up in the slow cooker. Use traditional noodles, and place them in the cooker uncooked. We tried specially formulated no-bake noodles, and they didn't work well.
How to Make It
Combine ricotta, 2 tablespoons Asiago cheese, 1 tablespoon parsley, 1 tablespoon. chives, pepper, and 1 garlic clove, grated, in a bowl; set aside.
Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a large skillet; stir in red wine vinegar. Add squash and zucchini; cook 2 minutes. Drain.
Heat skillet over medium-high. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add sausage; cook 7 minutes, stirring to crumble. Stir in onion; cook 8 minutes or until onion is tender.
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high. Add mushrooms; cook 10 minutes or until mushroom liquid nearly evaporates. Mince remaining 5 garlic cloves; stir into mushrooms. Stir in stock, basil, and marinara. Bring to a boil; remove from heat.
To assemble lasagna, spoon 1 cup marinara mixture into the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker. Top with 4 noodles, breaking noodles to fit cooker. Layer half of squash mixture, half of sausage mixture, and ¼ cup fontina cheese over noodles; top with 1 cup marinara mixture. Arrange 4 noodles over marinara mixture; top with ricotta mixture. Sprinkle with ¼ cup fontina; top with remaining half of sausage mixture and remaining half of squash mixture. Arrange remaining 4 noodles over squash mixture; top with remaining 1 ½ cups sauce. Cover and cook on LOW 4 hours.
Preheat broiler. Uncover slow cooker, and sprinkle lasagna with remaining ¼ cup fontina cheese and remaining 2 tablespoons Asiago cheese. Broil on middle rack of oven for 2 minutes or until cheese browns slightly. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon parsley and remaining 1 tablespoon chives. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
