Cook the lasagna noodles

• Bring water to a boil and season with salt.
• Drop in the lasagna noodles and cook without overcooking them.
• Drain the pasta.

Start the meat sauce

• Heat the olive oil in a pan.
• Add the ground beef and onions, and cook until the beef is nicely browned.
• Add the garlic and stir until fragrant.

Deglaze and simmer the sauce

• Pour in the red wine and cook until fully evaporated.
• Add the marinara sauce, brown sugar, salt, pepper, thyme and parsley.
• Simmer the sauce.

Make the cheese mixture

• Combine the cottage cheese, ricotta, mozzarella, egg and parsley in a bowl.
• Mix everything together until well blended.

Assemble the lasagna

• Spread a layer of meat sauce in the baking dish.
• Add lasagna noodles, then a third of the meat sauce, mozzarella and a third of the cheese mixture.
• Repeat the layers until you have three layers, finishing with the remaining noodles topped with mozzarella.

Bake the lasagna

• Cover the dish with foil and bake at 190 °C.
• Remove the foil and broil until the cheese is golden brown.

Rest and serve

• Let the lasagna rest before slicing.
• Slice and serve.