Lasagna – I guess it’s one of everybody’s favorite comfort foods and crowd pleasers and yet still, everyone has his own and different way (or ways) of preparing it. Beef or pork, chicken or vegetarian, only tomatoes or lots of vegetables… There are countless combinations and variations. I even once ate mushroom and deer lasagna at my uncles place. It was utterly delicious.
It’s great, that there are so many ways of cooking something, that is basically so simple as lasagna. Alternating layers of meaty tomato sauce, béchamel sauce, pasta and cheese. Something like that has to be tasty!
Even though it leaves so much room for variation, I decided to do a rather classical and simple lasagna, when my girlfriend asked me to put it on my list for this weeks cooking. The only fancy thing I added was a layer of ricotta, below the cheese crust. It’s a nice creamy addition.
I wish I would have had the time and motivation to use home made pasta for the lasagna. It’s definitely one great way to improve flavor and texture. So, if you’ve got the time and a pasta machine at hand I definitely encourage you to invest the one hour additional time.
