A monster of a dish! A meaty Five Cheese Lasagna recipe with goat cheese, mozzarella, parmesan, cottage cheese, and ricotta cheeses! This Five Cheese Lasagna is totally unforgettable, simple, and feeds a crowd!
I live with an Italian. And he is 100% Italian. You could say that he is particular about Italian food, and to say that would be a gross understatement, in fact. Anytime we are at an Italian restaurant, he has to order meatballs. He might order something else too, but he has to try the meatballs – they are the barometer by which he judges the restaurant entirely.
If they can’t get meatballs right, then he writes them off. In his mind, they don’t really know how to make any Italian food if they can’t make a good meatball. I suppose there is a little something to that theory.
When it comes to lasagna, he’s just as persnickety. He wants it to be very authentic. It needs to have ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses, and no others. This Five Cheese Lasagna passes the test though.
I’m 0% Italian, so I’m a little more flexible when it comes to lasagna. My mother’s recipe is my absolute favorite, and strangely, it calls for cottage cheese in the ingredient list. It’s fabulous. The cottage cheese makes the lasagna so creamy!
I’ve also heard wonderful things about Ina Garten’s lasagna recipe. When I was reviewing the ingredient list, what really stood out to me was the inclusion of goat cheese. I looooove that stuff, and how amazing does it sound to add it to lasagna?? Definitely not traditional, but sounds delightful nevertheless!
I wanted to try Ina Garten’s lasagna recipe, but I couldn’t stop myself from making a few revisions. I skipped green pepper because it’s not my favorite veggie in the world, but you could certainly include it. I also tweaked the different kinds of cheese that went into this lasagna. Most notably, I added cottage cheese the way my mother does. I just can’t not have it in my lasagna! I kept the goat cheese on the list, of course. It also added so much creaminess to the dish, and a little tang too.
This Five Cheese Lasagna was amazing. It’s one of the best lasagnas I’ve ever had. There are so many ways you can customize lasagna to one’s preferences, or just to experience lasagna with different flavor, and this Five Cheese Lasagna is one of my favorite versions to date. It even passed the test of my fussy Italian significant other!
It’s a monster-sized lasagna and could definitely feed a crowd. Make sure you use your largest casserole dish! And it’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser that won’t disappoint!
Looks like the perfect dinner for my family of hungry, Italian-food-loving boys! It’s fun to see you posting a dinner recipe on here — I’m not used to that. 🙂 A night off from peanut butter treats?! I’m missing them already!
Marvelous lasagna and just the way I like it (some are too dry). Pinned.
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Did you use no-boil noodles in this recipe.
Nope! I used regular ones. There’s so much sauce and liquid that they totally cook through!
Did you cook the noodles first?
No, I don’t! I almost never do! It uses a lot of sauce for that reason! This is a BIG lasagna, so I should’ve noted to have some foil underneath in case it bubbles over. It does fit in a 9×13 glass dish, but it’s to the top of it! Let me know if you try it. 🙂
We made this lasagna last night, and it was amazing! All of the cheese flavors come through really well! We used a half pound of ground beef and a half pound of Italian sausage, and it was so moist and flavorful! It’s also versatile as far as the sauce is concerned — you can really change the flavors up depending on the sauce you use as your base. We’ll be eating leftovers all week — thanks!
3 jars of sauce ? Is this right ?
Yes, it is! Use your biggest baking pan! You don’t pre-cook the noodles. If you want to pre-cook the noodles, use one less jar! 🙂
Cheese lasagna is really delicious for pudding on somethings but I love to use Butter Cheese Cake and also make after reading your another post.
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I made this lasagna yesterday for my family for Father’s Day. I come from a large Italian family and I’m pretty sure my husband married me for my mama’s lasagna! She passed away years ago and I’ve made several attempts to make her lasagna. This recipe is by far the closest I have ever come. It was absolutely amazing. I do agree with the other comments, it makes a lot! It will fit in a 9 x 13 inch dish but if you have a larger one, I would suggest using it. My family told me to be sure to pin this one because it was a definite winner! Thank you!
It DOES make a lot! It definitely fills a 9×13 to the brim, but it does fit, very snug though. I usually put a pan underneath it to catch anything that simmers over, in case it does. I’m so glad you liked it! I live with someone who is 100% Italian, and is very picky about Italian food, but he loves this lasagna! We just recently made it again with family over Easter weekend… it’s my favorite lasagna so far. Thank you so much for sharing your feedback, and I hope all the dads in your life had a wonderful Father’s Day!
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Eek – you can’t view it?
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