Put about 3/4 qt of tomato juice in a pan. Add the tomato paste and a little ketchup and heat to a boiling point. Brown hamburger. Add tomato mixture, garlic, onion, water, salt , pepper and bay leaf. Simmer about three hours on low heat. Cook lasagna noodles in four qts of water for about 12 minutes. Blanch in cold water. (Arrange crisscross in pan while cooking to prevent from breaking) Put some tomato juice in the bottom of a casserole dish. Arrange first layer of lasagna noodles in bakin dish. Put on some sauce, mozzarella cheese and then cottage cheese. (Each layer = l cup sauce, 3/4 cup cottage cheese and 2/3 cup cheese) Put the next layer of noddles in the pan crisscross to the layer before. Add ingredients the same as above. After each layer saturate with tomato juice (small amt). End casserole by putting sauce on the tope and sprinkling with parmeasan cheese and mozzarella. Bake in moderate over 350-375 degrees for about 25 to 40 minutes or until cheese melts good.
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