Looking for a new way to serve up lasagna? These Lasagna bombs have all that you love about lasagna wrapped up in a crispy-fried pasta-y shell. It's lasagna taken to a whole new level!
I really don't know how this happened. The hubs and I have the bad habit of coming up with ridiculous ideas for food where we're eating dinner and most of the time they get forgotten-- this time was different.
Before I knew it I was at the store getting everything I needed to make these "Lasagna Bombs" a reality and golly-gee they worked! Like, really, really worked.
I should have known we couldn't go wrong with fried pasta and cheese.
Take a look!
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Easy right? The hardest part (that isn't really that hard) is getting them to stay put with the skewer. They may take a little trial and error for you, but they will be well worth it!
Another option is to skip wrapping the pinwheel with the 2nd noodle and throwing them into the freezer to solidify before coating in the breading, frying, and baking. Either way you do it, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
I paired ours with my favorite pasta sauce (just don't buy it on Amazon, it's WAY too expensive) and sprinkled them with a good helping of parmesan cheese. So, so good and a totally different and fun way to enjoy lasagna! Hope you enjoy!
Lasagna Bombs
Ingredients
- 16 Lasagna noodles cooked per package instructions
- 2 cups ricotta cheese
- 3 eggs divided
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1 pound Italian Sausage browned and crumbled.
- 1 ½ cups panko bread crumbs
- ¾ teaspoon salt divided
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper divided
- Olive oil for frying
- 20 ounce jar favorite pasta sauce
- ½ cup parmesan cheese finely grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine ricotta cheese with 1 egg, ½ teaspoon salt, and ⅛ teaspoon black pepper. Mix well and set aside.
- Working with one lasagna noodle at a time, layer a spoonful of ricotta cheese followed by Italian sausage and mozzarella cheese. Roll noodle into a pinwheel and place on another noodle, wrapping it around the sides of the pinwheel making sure the pinwheel side is covered. Use a toothpick or skewer to secure. Repeat with remaining noodles and ingredients.
- Whisk together eggs in a bowl. In a separate bowl combine panko crumbs with parmesan cheese, ¼ teaspoon salt and ⅛ teaspoon pepper.
- Dip each "bomb" into the egg mixture and then into the panko bread crumbs, making sure all sides are covered.
- Heat olive oil until it shimmers in a heavy bottomed pan over medium-high heat-- use enough oil that it comes about ⅛" off the bottom of the pan.
- Working in batches, cook the bombs in the oil, flipping as needed until all sides are golden brown and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake the fried bombs for 15 minutes, remove and serve hot with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese and warmed pasta sauce to dip.
Did you make this recipe? Drop me a comment and let me know how it turned out!