Lasagna is a perfect crowd-pleaser for entertaining, but today, we’re taking it one step further. Â Add pizza toppings to the equation, and instead of layering the noodles, roll them up. Â Hellooooo, pizza lasagna!
That’s what we’re doing today in my kitchen as a part of the Italian Dinner Party Series. Â Let’s jump in the kitchen and get rolling, shall we?
Rolled Pizza Lasagna
I recommend not fully cooking the lasagna noodles before rolling them because they will spend 20 – 25 minutes in the oven baking. Â That way, after they’ve baked they will still be firm enough, like good pasta should be.
In the video, I use Newman’s Own Sockarooni sauce. Â I’ve been loving it since I was a kid! Â Of course, you can use your own favorite red sauce. Â Or, if you want to make your own sauce, you could take the one from my Best Bolognese and just omit the ground beef and sausage from that recipe. Â A recipe like this pizza lasagna has no rules, so make ’em up as you go!
Planning an easy family dinner party? Â This recipe perfect to pair with my family’s famous Caesar Salad.
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Rolled Pizza Lasagna
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 6 - 8 servings 1x
Description
Lasagna with a pizza twist, using pepperoni, sausage and black olives, rolled into individual servings.
Ingredients
- 12 lasagna sheets, cooked
- 15 oz ricotta
- 1/4 cup shredded basil
- 16 oz shredded low moisture part skim mozz
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 16 oz sausage
- 3.8 oz sliced olives
- 7 oz peppeoni sliced
- 20oz favorite marinara or other red sauce
- 8oz part skim mozzarella cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Combine 15oz ricotta, 1/4 cup basil, 16 oz mozzarella, 1 tsp garlic, 1 egg, 1 tsp salt in a large bowl and stir to incorporate.
- Spread 1/4 cup of your marinara on the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan
- Place one of your noodles on your work surface and spread the ricotta mixture down the middle (2 – 3 Tbs) leaving a small lip on the end where you can seal the roll.
- Sprinkle crumbled sausage, olives and sliced pepperoni on top of the ricotta then starting at one end of the pasta, roll it up toward the seam side.
- Place the rolled pasta seam side down in your baking dish and repeat with remaining ingredients until your dish is full of rolled pizza lasagna.
- Spread remaining marinara sauce over the top of the pizza rolls.
- Cover with tin foil and bake at 350F for 20-30 minutes until bubbling.
- Take the lasagna out of the oven, uncover and sprinkle on 8 oz of shredded mozzarella.
- Put the oven on broil and return lasagna to the oven uncovered for 8 to 10 minutes until the cheese on top is melted and slightly browned in spots.
- Let rest for 10 minutes and serve sprinkled with more fresh basil
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: Italian
