Mueller's OLD Lasagna Recipe -- Do You Have It?

[Oldmaid85]

Somehow, I've lost my prized, 30-year-old recipe for lasagna that I got off a box of Mueller's lasagna back in the 70s.

Their NEW recipe is not the same and I have turned my apartment upside down trying to find the old recipe. I contacted Muellers, but they sold the pasta division to another company who will not return my calls.

Do you have the old recipe from the Mueller's box--the one BEFORE the quick-fix recipe where you don't cook your lasagna noodles first?

PLEASE help an old lady. Thank you.

[Wendell Wagner]

I put "Mueller's," "lasagna," and "recipe" into Google and this site came up:

http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/ubbs/archive/ITALIAN/Lasagna_Classic.html

Is this the old recipe?

[Molly8335]

1 container (15 oz) ricotta cheese or 1 container (16oz) cream style cottage cheese
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Meat Sauce (recipe follows)
16 oz. MUELLER'S Lasagne, cooked 7 minutes, drained
12 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded
In bowl, combine ricotta, egg and 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese. In 13x9x2 baking dish, spread 1&1/2 cups Meat Sauce,. Layer 1/3 of the lasagne noodles, 2 cups sauce, 1/2 of the ricotta mixture and 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese.Repeat.. Top with remaining noodles, sauce and cheeses. Bake in 350 oven 50 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes. Makes 12 servings
MEAT SAUCE: In 5-quart dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoon Mazola corn oil over medium heat. Add 1 pound ground beef, 1 cup chopped onion, 3 cloves garlic, minced, and 1/2 cup chopped parsley. Stirring frequently, cook 10 minutes or until beef is browned. Add 2 cans(28 oz each) crushed tomatoes, 1 6oz can tomato paste, 2 teaspoons sugar, 2 teaspoons dried basil, 1&1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon dried oregano and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Makes 7&1/2 cups

Hope this is what you needed, I love it and have had this recipe I cut off the box for years!!! Good Luck

[Lynn Bodoni]

First, as a poster who is half Sicilian, I want to note that using cottage cheese as a substitute for ricotta is an affront to the Flying Spaghetti Monster (may His noodly appendages never be unsauced).

Second, as an administrator, I'm going to move this thread over to Cafe Society, because it's just that kind of thread.

[marydcollins]

Mueller’s Original Lasagna Recipe on box (circa 1970s-80s)
Lasagna noodle:

1 lb RF-Lasagna
¾ lb Ricotta Italian Cottage cheese
2 eggs
4 cups Meat sauce (see below)
1 lb Massarella Cheese (or American)a
4 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
1.5 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper

Boil lasagna 10-12 minu8tes in 6 quarts salted water.
Add cold water until lasagna can be handled. Do not drain. Mix salt and Ricotta. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Grease baking dish and arrange with parallel layers of Lasagna. Cover with meat sauce., ricotta mixture and thin layers of mozzarella. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Cover with another layer of lasagna, sauce and cheese until all is used. Bake in moderate oven about 30 minutes. Serves 8.

NOTE: I would double the amount of Ricotta cheese and eggs called for. This recipe fills and entire 13 x 9" pan and the amount of Ricotta in the original recipe isnt enough....Also, I would measure the lasagna noodle to fit the pan before boiling, otherwise, there are noodles that are boiled (used) and thus wasted.


Meat Sauce
1 lb ground meat (1/2 lb beef + ½ lb pork sausage)
¼ c olive or salad oil
1 large onion chopped
1/4c chopped parsley
1 clove garlic chopped or pressed
1 carrot (grated)
1 No. 21/2 can tomatoes chopped or mixed in blender for a few seconds

1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
½ cup dry red wine
12 oz water
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tso basil

Saute onions, parsley, garlic and carrot in oil. Add meat and brown. Add tomatoes, paste, wine, and water, salt pepper and basil. Simmer 1 hour

[Walkabout]

I put "Mueller's," "lasagna," and "recipe" into Google and this site came up:

http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/ubbs/archive/ITALIAN/Lasagna_Classic.html

Is this the old recipe?

I wrote down the recipe from the box some time in the early 80's, and it looks exactly like this one.

[zoid]

1 lb Massarella Cheese (or American)a


I have no idea what massarela cheese is but american cheese in lasagna is just wrong and it makes baby Jesus cry :(

[Wendell Wagner]

Massarella cheese is probably the same as mozzarella cheese:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozzarella

My guess is that this spelling is derived from some dialect of Italian where this is closer to the pronunciation in that dialect.

[dropzone]

My guess is that this spelling is derived from some dialect of Italian where this is closer to the pronunciation in that dialect.With a surname like "Collins," might we assume she is Italo-Irish? ;)