Lasagna

Lasagna is a pasta dish that is prepared by first boiling the pasta and then layering the noodles in a casserole dish along with other ingredients to all be baked together in an oven.

Several variations exist, but they all have alternating layers of lasagna noodles..http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/FOOD_IS_ART/pasta/aboutlasagna.html Lasagna noodles are about two inches wide; some commercially prepared lasgna noodles have and ruffled edges. Usual alternating layers are cheese and tomato sauce. Though the traditional recipe contains a bolognese, or meat sauce, vegetarian varieties are common.

Lasagna Background and History

In 2003, some British researchers who were studying The Forme of Cury, a medieval cookbook in the British Museum, published a claim that lasagna was in fact of English, rather than Italian, origin. Their reasoning was that if the recipe was in such an old cookbook, it must have sprung up locally. It is reported that the Italian embassy in London publically responded that whatever this old dish was called, it was not lasagne as we make it.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3067455.stm

Antonio Piscopo, a restauranteur in Bristol, England, is credited with the theory that probably the Romans brought pasta to England from Italy.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3067455.stm This would have happened long before the recipe was written in that medieval cookbook. The Romans came to England from Italy in 55 BC.http://www.britannia.com/history/timelines.html

Lasaga Serving Suggestions

Many hosts serve their lasagna with a green salad and garlic bread. Some serve steamed broccoli or other steamed vegetables. It is said that lasagna is a filling dish that does not need much accompaniment.http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?t=24939

Easy Lasagna Recipe

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Ingredients needed: 1 lb. ground beef, 2-1/2 cups Kraft Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese, divided, 1 container (15 oz.) Polly-O Natural Part Skim Ricotta Cheese, 1/2 cup Kraft Grated Parmesan Cheese, divided, 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, 1 egg, lightly beaten, 1 jar (26 oz.) spaghetti sauce, 1 cup water and 12 lasagna noodles, uncooked. Heat oven to 350°F. Brown meat in large skillet on medium-high heat. Then, mix 1-1/4 cups mozzarella, ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan, parsley and egg until well blended; set aside. Drain meat; return to skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce. Add water to empty sauce jar; cover with lid and shake well. Add to meat mixture; stir until well blended. Spread 1 cup sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish; top with layers of 3 lasagna noodles, 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup sauce. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining noodles, sauce and cheeses. Cover with greased foil. Bake 1 hour or until heated through, removing foil after 45 min. Let stand 15 min. before cutting to serve.