Lasagna Cups
These Lasagna Cups are everything you love about lasagna but with a twist. Baked in a muffin tin gives you the perfect single serving size. Great for appetizers, buffets & even dinner.
Servings: 12 lasagna cups
Calories: 352kcal
Ingredients
- 14 lasagna noodles (I like to cook 16 in case a few break apart while cooking)
- 2 cups of your favorite pasta sauce
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 cups mozzarella shredded
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese finely grated
- 1 cups ricotta cheese
- Garnish: chopped parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook pasta to the al dente stage according to package directions.
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef until there is no longer any pink showing. Drain.
- Pour pasta sauce over the cooked ground beef and stir well.
- Spray a 12-cup non-stick muffin pan with an oil spray.
- Take 4 noodles and cut each one into 3rds vertically then in half horizontally. These will be used as the outer rim. Take the other 9 noodles and cut circles with a glass the size of your muffin cups. Each one should give you 4 circles enough for a bottom and 2 layers for each muffin cup.
- Line the bottom of the muffin cups with a noodle circle then create the edge of each muffin cup with 2 of the rectangular lasagna noodle pieces. They will stick up a little above the edge of the muffin cup.
- Spoon a small amount of meat sauce in the bottom of each muffin cup.
- Follow with a spoonful of ricotta cheese, a small amount of Parmesan cheese then a little shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Place 1 small circle of lasagna noodle on top of the mozzarella layer.
- Repeat the layers of meat sauce and cheeses. Press down slightly to make sure there are no air bubbles.
- Top with final noodle circle, meat sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.
- Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Serve hot.
- Garnish with chopped parsley.
Notes
Note: This recipe will make 12 appetizers or 6-12 dinner servings, depending on how hungry your family is.
Nutrition
Calories: 352kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 489mg | Potassium: 340mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 460IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 255mg | Iron: 2mg
