By Nick Stevens
ARTHUR SHAWCROSS LASAGNA RECIPE
4 cans of crushes tomoatoes 2 6 oz. cans of tomato paste 1 large oninon, diced 1 large red bell pepper diced 2 large yellow bell peppers diced 1 1/2 pounds of GROUND MEAT 1/2 teaspoon of salt 3/4 teaspoon of black pepper 1/2 pound of thin sliced mozzarella cheese 1/2 pound of thin sliced provolone cheese 1 1/2 cups small curd cottage cheese 1 1/2 cups of grated pameson cheese 1 1/2 cps of riccotta cheese 4 LBS of cooked and chilled lasagna noodles 6 tablespoons of olive oil 1/2 teaspoon of oregano 3 crushed bay leaves 1 1/4 cups of water 2 32 oz. cans od spaghetti sauce
pre-heat oven to 375. use a large sillet and add olive oil. Heat to medium then add peppers, garlic, and onion. Simmer untl tender. NOW ADD THE MEAT. Mix in all ingredients except noodles. Let simmer a few mintes while stirring. Remove from heat and set on a cold burner. Lay a layer of noodles on to the bottom of baking dish. Use pyrex. Lightly cover noodles with sauce and cover with mozzarella and cover with another layer of noodles then cover with a layer of ricotta. Another layer of sauce then a layer of cottage cheese. coer with the rest of the sauce and layer with parmesan. bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Remove and cut. Serve hot or cold. A dark room temp. Wine goes good with this.
“Arthur J shawcross”
Editor's note: this is a document rather than an article. It is a recipe Arthur Shawcross wrote out and signed, sent from prison, and it is reproduced exactly as he wrote it, misspellings included, because that is what makes it a document. Nothing has been corrected and nothing has been tidied. Shawcross was convicted in December 1990 of ten counts of second degree murder and sentenced to 250 years, then pleaded guilty to an eleventh. Before that he killed two children in Watertown in 1972 and was paroled in April 1987 after serving fourteen and a half years. He died at Albany Medical Center on November 10, 2008. The reason to keep a thing like this is not novelty. Shawcross sold recipes, drawings and signed items from prison for years, and the market for them is the subject of several articles in this archive. The instruction in capitals in the middle of the method is his own. A longer account of two days spent visiting him at Sullivan Correctional Facility in 2004 is also in this archive.