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30-minute skillet lasagna (no oven)

Broken lasagna sheets simmered right in a rich meat sauce, finished under a lid of melted mozzarella — full lasagna flavor, one pan, no oven.

Prep15 min
Cook35 min
Total50 min
Serves4

Ingredients

  • Olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 500 g ground beef
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1–2 cups vegetable broth (plus 1/2 cup extra if needed)
  • 500 g tomato puree or passata
  • 8 lasagna sheets, broken in pieces
  • Salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika
  • Whipping cream or cottage cheese
  • 50 g Parmesan
  • 200 g mozzarella
  • Fresh basil, to finish

Instructions

  1. Sauté the onion a few minutes, then add the garlic.
  2. Add the ground beef and cook until well browned.
  3. Stir in the tomato paste and broth, cook 2 minutes, then add the passata, seasonings and the cream or cottage cheese. Simmer 4 minutes until deep red.
  4. Tuck in the broken lasagna sheets, cover, and cook about 30 minutes, adding broth if the pasta drinks it up.
  5. Blanket with mozzarella, cover 3 minutes to melt, and finish with fresh basil and Parmesan.
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