Homemade lasagna.

You want time consuming, faff and food porn then meet my dh. First the meat, shin of beef braised for seven hours in red wine, garlic, herbs etc. This must then be left overnight (no idea why). Next day the tomato sauce is made using the now very beefy and herby red wine. Meat shredded into the sauce.
Cheese sauce, must be full fat milk and only Gruyère cheese allowed. Lasagne sheets only one Italian brand allowed, Assembled, into oven and then left to cool for 30 minutes before serving. It’s delicious obviously but ffs. He’s not Italian and has a demanding job to answer two obvious questions.

I'm sorry but it's really not. I'm not italian but have been fluent, albeit many moons ago. I'm portuguese and we have that sound as well, maybe that's why it's so clear to me it's not like onion at all.
Maybe an italian will come along and back me up!!

When I was 18, an Italian lady taught me how to make ragu. Her advice was that you can put whatever you like in it, but you must cook it for at least three hours. Never fails.

I love lasagne! I make it in a huge tray, 20 portions, and freeze it. I always have some in the freezer. DH said it is better than any he's ever got out. I honestly even think it was almost on par with the one I had in Rome.

Yep.

I know how Italians say it. I'm in Puglia. I don't need to Google how Italians say it, and neither does the poster you were correcting.

Of course there's a /n/ sound in Italian. It's a very phonetically regular language. There wouldn't be a letter "n" if it didn't have a sound. The city isn't Aples, is it?

There isn't a corresponding phoneme in English for the Italian "gn" letters, no. But the closest pronunciation is absolutely the one the pp gave that you said was wrong.

There isn't one "y" sound (corresponding to the letter "y") in English either btw. It's represented generally by /j/ when the sound occurs at the beginning of a word (yes, university etc) and by other vowel/semi-vowels when it occurs elsewhere. (happy- letter y completely different in pronunciation from the y in yes, and the sound /j/ at the beginning of university.

Good homemade lasagna takes time over a couple of days IMO.

I love the traditional recipe with the meat cooked in milk, and the white sauce milk boiled then left to cool with onions in.

Also has to be half beef/pork.

Absolutely stunning

Bought lasagne sucks. A good homemade lasagne wins every time. However, it is a time-consuming dish to make from scratch. We tend to make the meat sauce in a big batch and freeze it, then defrost a batch so less effort is involved when we want to make lasagne.

It's a sound that doesn't exist in the English language. Just looked it up and phonetically it's ˈɲ

I'm not here arguing how British people should say it, but in Italian there is no 'n' sound and no 'y' sound. Google an audio of how Italians say it.

Baffled by this (and interested, because I'm a languages teacher and speak a bit of Italian). I think it's a 'ny' sound as in 'onion' or 'Anya'. I just googled and listened to 4 different Italians saying it, and it definitely does sound exactly like that.

I serve mine with peas and put vinegar on it. Apparently also odd, but I'd like to to try your potato idea.

Me too

Yes absolutely or left over roast lamb and make shepherds pie

It's a sound that doesn't exist in the English language. Just looked it up and phonetically it's ˈɲ

I'm not here arguing how British people should say it, but in Italian there is no 'n' sound and no 'y' sound. Google an audio of how Italians say it.

Yet you don't know how to use a comma. Maybe spend a bit of time educating yourself before trying to be clever with others. Rarely works.

However you want.
I go for as many layers of pasta as possible, which makes a more solid sliceable dish. Probably about 8-10 layers of pasta in total.
Apart from the bottom, which I just use the meat mixture to coat the tin to stop sticking, every other layer I put a mixture of meat and bechamel together. I didn't use to, but dp who's a chef was taught that way and I much prefer it now. Here (Puglia) they also put mozzarella into each layer.

Oh you poor thing.
May I suggest this super nourishing dish that is a bowl of comfort and beloved by young and old alike.
Make a chicken stock from bones, onions, full bulb of garlic, lots of herbs like bay, sage and rosemary from the garden, if you have them.
Boil the hell out of them, bash down, allow to stand for an hour, drain.
When drained, add a bag of spinach, heat and whizz up. Then add a bag of orzo pasta. We call it baby pasta.
Cook, top with grated parmigiana.

Comfort and real nourishment in a bowl.
I wish you well.

Like the "ni" in "onion" would be the nearest equivalent. Very definitely a /n/ sound, followed by a semi-vowel /j/ that in letters would be rendered with a "y" or "i" when trying to tell people how to pronounce it. Without phonetic symbols, it's standard to render the "gn" in Italian words as "ny + vowel" as pp has.
How is there not a /n/ in your lasagne, gnocchi and Bolognese?

How do people layer their lasagne?

i’ve not quite figured out what I prefer. Have seen some recipes that put the white sauce between to pasta layers

I love doing a lasagne and I don't find it a faff. I make the Bolognese sauce the day before, takes about 15mins to prep and leave it cooking for a couple of hours. Next day, make the bechamel sauce, later, top with grated cheese and bake for 30mins. Recently, I've started to use the food processor to chop up the onion, carrot and celery which makes it even easier.
Had it yesterday!

Recently substituted gnocchi for the sheets, was exceedingly good.
I add green lentils to the ragu which goes unnoticed and veg are grated into it so dissolve. I make the ragu in a slow cooker overnight, just bung in before bed. It is very quickly assembled the next day.

@KreedKafer
"And in Italian, is pronounced 'boll-o-nyeh-zeh',"
No it's not! Not sure how to phonetically do the 'gn' sound (same as lasagna) but there's no 'n' sound there and definitely no 'y' sound 🙂

I agree! Most restaurants have changed their recipes over the years and so my homemade lasagnes feel more special! Although I have a quick cheat recipe for the weekdays (cheese sauce and less tomato) and it takes me about an hour to make.

There is only one cafe near my work who I’d get lasagne from as it tastes close to homemade.

Layer, grate a bit on top, bung in the oven. Serve with salad (or chips, or indeed boiled potatoes, or mash!?!!) I prefer it with Sarsons vinegar

Some serious food heathens on here

@MouseMinge Sending positive vibes for good news next month enjoy your lasagne - hope your friend doesn't serve it with big boiled buttered potatoes!

I feel the same. When it's bursting with veg, it's just next level!

I love lasagne but recently I prefer stuffed peppers. Tastes like lasagne but without the lasagne sheets which I don't love anyway.