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Homemade lasagna.

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Idrinkmywhiskeyneat · 29/05/2024 16:59

Is it one of the best inventions known to man?
Just stood in the kitchen with my lovely meaty, tomatoey sauce in one pan and the cheesy loveliness in the other. One of the best best is getting a spoonful of the mincemeat and topping it with the cheese sauce and just eating it off the spoon, whilst you’re stood over it, cooking it all. It has to be a very tomatoey, cheesy, thick lasagna, also extra nice, if left and eaten later in the evening or the next morning,

Anyway, sorry, just a homemade lasagna appreciation post.

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Idrinkmywhiskeyneat · 29/05/2024 18:10

Also, what cheese? I used cheddar and sometimes cheddar/mozarella mix

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KreedKafer · 29/05/2024 18:10

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 29/05/2024 17:53

MN is quite literally the only place I have ever seen "bolognaise", so I'm really sceptical on that one, unless it's yet another creeping Americanism.

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Bolognese is the correct Italian spelling. And in Italian, is pronounced 'boll-o-nyeh-zeh', not 'bolla-naiz' or 'bollog-naiz'.

So think 'Bolognaise' might be either an anglicised, phonetic spelling which reflects the way the word is usually pronounced in English, or maybe even a French spelling from the old-school days when French was the default language for culinary terms and a Bolognese/naise sauce would have been considered fine dining.

I don't think the 'aise' spelling is necessarily an Americanism, so much as something that's just a bit early 1970s.

PinotDragon · 29/05/2024 18:09

RichardsGear · 29/05/2024 18:08

But you need bechemel for the layers?

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If you only put it on top I mean.

RichardsGear · 29/05/2024 18:08

PinotDragon · 29/05/2024 18:04

Did you know that if you layer it all up, scrape the pan out really well with a spatula and don't put on the top pasta layer until the bechemel is ready you can use the ragu pan for the sauce? Saves a pot to wash

But you need bechemel for the layers?

OldSow · 29/05/2024 18:04

Fucking love a lasagne. I put mozzarella between the layers in mine #fatbitch

PinotDragon · 29/05/2024 18:04

Did you know that if you layer it all up, scrape the pan out really well with a spatula and don't put on the top pasta layer until the bechemel is ready you can use the ragu pan for the sauce? Saves a pot to wash

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Idrinkmywhiskeyneat · 29/05/2024 18:03

Yes it’s bechamel sauce base, but I add grated cheese into it whilst cooking and on the top later…I also call it lasagna and yes said mincemeat 😮that wasn’t the aim of the post..whatever it’s called and however it’s spelt/spelled (ffs) I love mine, it’s bloody lovely

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mommybear1 · 29/05/2024 18:03

The more important question is what is the perfect lasagna dish to cook it in? I need to find a good deep one so I can do more layers if the dish is just big the layers spread too much for me - first world problems 😝

Defender90 · 29/05/2024 18:02

I've just put mine in the oven, made last night to be eaten tonight because home made lasagne is only surpassed by second day home made lasagne.

Brainded · 29/05/2024 18:01

It’s not that much faff at all…I was home yesterday at just before 5 and we were eating lasagna at half 6! Fully made from scratch!

SisterImpera · 29/05/2024 18:00

YABVVVU!!! Am desperate for lasagna now!

So firstly, what recipe, and secondly, what kind of dish (to serve 6)? My previous attempts have not been great and I can never fit lasagna sheets in my dish without messing around with breaking them up. Please tell!!!

theriseandfallofFranklinSaint · 29/05/2024 17:58

I do love a homemade lasagne (even though it is a faffy meal) but you can't beat a pub lasagne - amazing! 😍

wibblywobblywoo · 29/05/2024 17:58

You are not wrong about lasagne, you are wrong to call it 'mincemeat' ......unless that really is what you make yours with, in which case....😱

It's just mince, minced meat if you are being very particular but definitely not mincemeat!

Idontjetwashthefucker · 29/05/2024 17:55

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 29/05/2024 17:53

MN is quite literally the only place I have ever seen "bolognaise", so I'm really sceptical on that one, unless it's yet another creeping Americanism.

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"Bolognese” hails from Bologna, Italy, and is the traditional term used to describe this hearty meat sauce. On the other hand, “bolognaise” is the French twist on the Italian classic, adding a little linguistic flair to the mix

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Breadcat24 · 29/05/2024 17:55

Italian derived pain in the arse if that excuses me

Breadcat24 · 29/05/2024 17:54

Sorry to be a pain in the arse but bolognese only

Idontjetwashthefucker · 29/05/2024 17:53

Breadcat24 · 29/05/2024 17:45

Babs is right it is bechamel

Yep, bechamel sauce and then cheese sprinkled on the top only for me

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 29/05/2024 17:53

Idontjetwashthefucker · 29/05/2024 17:52

And it can be bolognaise or bolognese

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MN is quite literally the only place I have ever seen "bolognaise", so I'm really sceptical on that one, unless it's yet another creeping Americanism.

Idontjetwashthefucker · 29/05/2024 17:52

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 29/05/2024 17:39

Why is there an epidemic of people being unable to spell "lose" and "lasagne"?

Not trying to grammar police, just confused as to why it's those two words in particular. Autocorrect doesn't explain it, because that also attempts to mistakenly correct plenty of other words too, and yet it's just "loose" and "lasagna". 😬

Actually, no, "Bolognaise" is another MN abomination. Must be Italian food/pasta related.

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And it can be bolognaise or bolognese

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 29/05/2024 17:51

Guilty as charged. I forget that some MN users will be using Americanised text on phones etc, although I'm sceptical that explains it fully since MN is a hugely UK-centric userbase.

Just seems really jarring to me because I've never seen it spelled like that anywhere outside MN, and yet it's every other use on here.

Caiti19 · 29/05/2024 17:49

I hear you. I like any dish that can be frozen in individual portions and keeps on giving for a month or so.

Westfacing · 29/05/2024 17:48

Now, I'm old and can tell you that the UK spelling used to be lasagne, but with the internet, whatever, over the decades lasagna, the US spelling, has become common. I'm easy with either!

Breadcat24 · 29/05/2024 17:45

Babs is right it is bechamel

Breadcat24 · 29/05/2024 17:43

Had a quick (paranoid)check of my posts after your grammar police

But Lasagne is correct anyway not what you have written- lasagna
If you are going Italian and quite honestly you should with an Italian dish

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Idrinkmywhiskeyneat · 29/05/2024 17:43

@BabsMustGo WHAT?

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