Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I only like my lasagna, made properly with Bechamel sauce and not gobs of nasty mozarella and ricotta-a la trailer trash style like most Americans make it
I agree. Americans take a great dish and completely bastardize it into.something awful.
I make mine with a homemade beef and pork ragu, bechamel, and I buy fresh lasagne noodles, not that nasty dry crap from a box. My modification from the traditional is I add a large amount of mushrooms and spinach that is cooked down and sometimes I add a thin layer of eggplant that has the water drawn out. Never any mozarella to croak on me ricotta. Just some fresh parmesan on top.
I don't make it that often because it takes a long time.
Anonymous wrote:I only like my lasagna, made properly with Bechamel sauce and not gobs of nasty mozarella and ricotta-a la trailer trash style like most Americans make it
Anonymous wrote:Op, where are your friends from? I don’t think I had lasagna until the college dining hall and nobody I knew growing up served it at home.
Anonymous wrote:I've made several different variations. A few times, I've subbed eggplant or zucchini for the pasta, alfredo or pesto for marinara, seafood for the meat. I always use ricotta, sometimes I've used cheddar or swiss instead of mozzarella, but if I use mozzarella, it's the soft fresh slice-it-up ball variety.
Anonymous wrote:My granny immigrated from Italy and makes it with ricotta, not bechemal. Pretty sure it varies region to region.