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What cheese do you use on your lasagna top?

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Dringo · 30/08/2024 13:00

Boring question alert 🚨

Had a 10 year old admonish me for using cheddar cheese last night! Her mother only uses buffalo mozzarella and Parmesan don’t you know.

I’ve always just used whatever cheddar we have knocking around as I really don’t like the after taste of Parmesan and find mozzarella bland. I know it’s not authentic

i think my lasagna is gorgeous.

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CloudywMeatballs · 24/02/2025 15:08

MasterBeth · 22/02/2025 15:13

Nope, not having it. Doesn't melt into the bechamel.

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Well I've never put bechamel in a lasagna, so I find that point irrelevant.

ImTheOnlyUpsyOne · 22/02/2025 15:42

Cheddar and red leicester mixed together..

I use Parmesan in my bechemel

StormingNorman · 22/02/2025 15:36

Cheddar all the way with a little bit of Parmesan mixed in as it gives better burnt bits.

More parmesan at the table.

And more Parmesan on the rocket salad.

allclassics · 22/02/2025 15:24

Op

MasterBeth · 22/02/2025 15:13

CloudywMeatballs · 22/02/2025 14:36

Texture. Gooiness.

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Nope, not having it. Doesn't melt into the bechamel.

LifeExperience · 22/02/2025 15:08

a combo of mozarella and parmiggiano reggiano

StrawberrySquash · 22/02/2025 15:05

Lots of cheddar and parmesan in the bechemal, cheddar on top. If I have mozzarella in I might add it in and on top too. But the top definitely needs plenty of bechemal and cheddar to give you that fantastic chewy cheesy topping.

Looking at some of the cheese light recipes I'm starting to understand why I find some lasagnes bland. Sorry if that's you!

CloudywMeatballs · 22/02/2025 14:36

MasterBeth · 22/02/2025 13:38

Mozzarella adds nothing to a lasagne.

If you're making a cheese sauce, you want taste. Parmesan or strong cheddar or both.

Texture. Gooiness.

MasterBeth · 22/02/2025 13:38

Mozzarella adds nothing to a lasagne.

If you're making a cheese sauce, you want taste. Parmesan or strong cheddar or both.

Caravaggiouch · 22/02/2025 13:35

I don’t put cheese in the bechamel, just a bit of Parmesan on top and sprinkled between each layer. I don’t like it too cheesy.

CloudywMeatballs · 22/02/2025 13:33

soupyspoon · 21/02/2025 19:42

Lasagne is the name of the pasta shape (the sheet), it gives its name to the dish, not vice versa

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???

soupyspoon · 21/02/2025 19:43

Hankunamatata · 21/02/2025 19:29

Even more terrible - i used bisto cheese sauce

Shameless.

soupyspoon · 21/02/2025 19:42

CloudywMeatballs · 21/02/2025 19:24

Sounds delicious! But is it lasagna? I guess it depends on the definition.

According to Google: "a baked Italian dish consisting of wide strips of pasta cooked and layered with meat or vegetables, cheese, and tomato sauce."

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Lasagne is the name of the pasta shape (the sheet), it gives its name to the dish, not vice versa

Hankunamatata · 21/02/2025 19:29

Even more terrible - i used bisto cheese sauce

Hankunamatata · 21/02/2025 19:28

Strong Cheddar cheese in slices

CloudywMeatballs · 21/02/2025 19:24

soupyspoon · 21/02/2025 19:21

One of the best lasagnes I ever had was in Italy down some backstreet, not touristy, lots of locals in there, it was just pasta with pesto in between. Lovely. No topping

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Sounds delicious! But is it lasagna? I guess it depends on the definition.

According to Google: "a baked Italian dish consisting of wide strips of pasta cooked and layered with meat or vegetables, cheese, and tomato sauce."

soupyspoon · 21/02/2025 19:21

CloudywMeatballs · 21/02/2025 19:17

To me, a dish containing sheets of pasta with bechamel but no cheese sounds like a sort of pasta bake. It may well be delicious, but it doesn't sound like lasagna to me.

One of the best lasagnes I ever had was in Italy down some backstreet, not touristy, lots of locals in there, it was just pasta with pesto in between. Lovely. No topping

soupyspoon · 21/02/2025 19:20

The best topping I made once for lasagne was mixed up cottage cheese, an egg, parmesan and cream. It puffed up and was really tasty.

I cant stand the 'oh thats not authentic'

Neither is lasagne, given pasta was from the idea of noodles from the east in 1200s and tomatoes came from the new world

Authentic Italian cooking would have been like authentic British cooking, beans, lentils and roots.

JMSA · 21/02/2025 19:18

Margot2020 · 30/08/2024 13:06

An authentic lasagne is made with béchamel sauce, no cheese topping at all. So mozzarella isn’t authentic either, but I suppose at least it’s Italian. Like all Italian cuisine, British versions are quite different, but at least a cheesy topped lasagne is tasty, unlike some of the bolognese abominations you hear about on here!

A lasagne without cheese is pretty much my dream meal, as I don't actually like the stuff (the 'whatever I have in the fridge' comment below applies to making lasagne for my kids).

CloudywMeatballs · 21/02/2025 19:17

To me, a dish containing sheets of pasta with bechamel but no cheese sounds like a sort of pasta bake. It may well be delicious, but it doesn't sound like lasagna to me.

JMSA · 21/02/2025 19:16

I know it's wrong, but whatever I have in the fridge.

Itsaswelltime · 21/02/2025 19:15

I just use béchamel, no cheese.

CloudywMeatballs · 21/02/2025 19:13

AlwaysCoffee25 · 20/02/2025 16:17

I’ll be sure to tell my Italian MIL that MN says her lasagne is not authentic. She adds mozzarella to every pasta dish.

I've never seen a lasagna that doesn't have mozzarella! I'm not sure where these MN people are getting the idea that authentic lasagnas don't have mozarella!

AlwaysCoffee25 · 20/02/2025 16:17

I’ll be sure to tell my Italian MIL that MN says her lasagne is not authentic. She adds mozzarella to every pasta dish.

Katemax82 · 20/02/2025 11:21

Margot2020 · 30/08/2024 13:06

An authentic lasagne is made with béchamel sauce, no cheese topping at all. So mozzarella isn’t authentic either, but I suppose at least it’s Italian. Like all Italian cuisine, British versions are quite different, but at least a cheesy topped lasagne is tasty, unlike some of the bolognese abominations you hear about on here!

I never used to put any cheese on but my daughter likes cheddar on it so I do that half of the time