Mini Lasagna Cups
The easiest, simplest lasagna you will ever make, conveniently made into single-serving portions!
Let’s take a second to talk about lasagna. It’s the ultimate comfort food. The best, really.
But it just takes too long to make right at home. Plus, serving it up can be such a mess.
That’s why these mini lasagna cups are pure genius. It’s so easy to make and they’re conveniently made into single serving portions.
And with those crisp wonton wrappers, this may just be the best lasagna you will ever make.
Plus, miniature food always tastes better, right?
Mini Lasagna Cups
The easiest, simplest lasagna you will ever make, conveniently made into single-serving portions!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly oil a 12-cup standard muffin tin or coat with nonstick spray.
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add Italian sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat and stir in marinara sauce.
- Season ricotta cheese with salt and pepper, to taste; set aside.
- Fit wonton wrappers into each of the 12 muffin tins, pressing carefully to make sure there is an opening in the center. Fill each cup with 1 tablespoon ricotta cheese. Top with 1 tablespoon marinara mixture and 1 tablespoon mozzarella cheese; repeat with one more layer.
- Place into oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the wonton wrappers are golden brown.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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Hi! I came across your recipe. However, the wonton wrappers had a certain taste. It was not going very well the filling. What do I do to remove the powdery taste of the wonton?
These were great. I omitted sausage to make them vegetarian.
I know you mention it’s not advisable to reheat but what about a toaster over to reheat
These are so delicious!!! I made these for my family and EVERYONE was happy!! I also made a triple batch of these to share with a few neighbors and they freeze VERY well, the edges just aren’t crispy once reheated but no big deal!!
can this recipe be frozen?
I actually haven’t tried freezing this myself but I would advise against it as the wonton wrappers may not keep through freezing and reheating.
Or DOUBLE the recipe & freeze half of them for nights when you’re busy or stressed out & don’t want to slave over a hot stove. Would also be good for company or church potlucks.
Hi! I just stumbled across this and I’m so excited I’m going to make these. Has anyone had any luck re-heating these? I’m curious as I have a potluck at my husbands work to take these to TOMORROW and want to know if I make them now and then refrigerate them will they hold up for tomorrow’s re-heating? I know you don’t recommend it, but has anyone tried it?
Can I use real Lasagna Sheets from the refrigerator section and cut them into circles to fit the muffin tin?
Yes, of course. What a great idea!
I made these for the second time today. I use cottage cheese instead of ricotta and ground chicken in place of sausage. They are delicious with a side salad. Thanks for the recipe. I love using wonton wrappers.
Hi, great idea with these:) I was just wondering where I can find won ton wrappers?
You can find these wrappers in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store.
How long will they hold their shape after being cooked? I’m making several different dishes for a gathering and want to know at what stage of the prep these need to be prepared before dinner time…
These should really be served immediately.
Can I use basil instead of parsley?
Yes!
Made these and they were great! Tried it as Taco cups tonight and even better! Re fried beans, salsa, taco beef and cheese instead. Yum!
My 10 year old grandson and I made this today for lunch. Super easy for him to put together. Everyone loved them. I didn’t have fresh parsley so I sprinkled fresh basil over them to serve. Delicious! A fun dinner to make with kids.
I plan on substituting ground beef for the Italian sausage and I was wondering how much ground beef is equal to the 2 sausage links?
About 1/3-1/2 pound should be sufficient but you can really use as much or as little as you’d like.
Loved the ideas but when applied it for canapes found that it was too big of a bite and messy, so applied it as a wonton bite and it worked beautifuly. Thank you for a delicious recipe
Nayla – I’m interested in how you made wonton bites. Smaller wonton?
How many cups is per serving
2 lasagna cups = 1 serving.
New here. It says to repeat with one more layer, is that of each ingredient?
Yes.
Great idea!
We like to serve lots of different foods in wonton cups and have done so in both regular muffin-tin size and the 2-bite (mini) size (cut wontons to size).
Depending upon what we’re serving we pre-bake the cups – brush with butter and bake for 7-9 minutes @ 350° F. Once that’s done we have filled them with hot artichoke-spinach dip, chilled shrimp salad, cole slaw, BBQ, etc.
Thanks for sharing!
do you put the sausage in before you bake or afterwards – it doesnt really state what to do with the sausage after you cook in the dutch oven?
Athena, the marinara sauce is mixed in with the sausage, and this is then referred to as the “marinara mixture”:
Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add Italian sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat and stir in marinara sauce.
Season ricotta cheese with salt and pepper, to taste; set aside.
Fit wonton wrappers into each of the 12 muffin tins, pressing carefully to make sure there is an opening in the center. Fill each cup with 1 tablespoon ricotta cheese. Top with 1 tablespoon marinara mixture and 1 tablespoon mozzarella cheese; repeat with one more layer.