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Lasagna withouth ricotta or cottage cheese
- Thread starter ella-to
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Hi, Ella! I believe bechamel is the classic ingredient in lasagna and...
the use of ricotta started with Italian Americans in NY (I think I read that somewhere!) but I believe that in one of Marcella Hazan's cookbooks, there is such a recipe...I do have her "Essentials of Italian Cooking" at home and I think it's in there. I'll bet you anything that Mario Batali might also have a lasagna recipe that uses bechamel.
the use of ricotta started with Italian Americans in NY (I think I read that somewhere!) but I believe that in one of Marcella Hazan's cookbooks, there is such a recipe...I do have her "Essentials of Italian Cooking" at home and I think it's in there. I'll bet you anything that Mario Batali might also have a lasagna recipe that uses bechamel.
(((Ella darling)))! I agree about the sauce ...
I have never used ricotta or cottage cheese for lasagna. I make a nice cheese sauce with cheddar and a a few squirts of Tabasco.
But if you'd rather not have cheese at all, why not a white sauce flavoured with chopped spring onions and Tabasco?
The whole thing is so filling and rich anyway!
A GREAT FESTIVE SEASON TO YOU AND YOURS!!
I have never used ricotta or cottage cheese for lasagna. I make a nice cheese sauce with cheddar and a a few squirts of Tabasco.
But if you'd rather not have cheese at all, why not a white sauce flavoured with chopped spring onions and Tabasco?
The whole thing is so filling and rich anyway!
A GREAT FESTIVE SEASON TO YOU AND YOURS!!
Thanks
Hi Val and Zuri....teehee Zuri.....no, I don't have to do that....don't do that....have never done that....ROFL.....
But, know what I did?....we have a "fine food" shop near here that makes a large one, enough for 6-8, it's frozen and has lottsa things in it, and no ricotta or cottage cheese....so I bought it!!!!....now grandma doesn't have to toil in the kitchen...I bought some rapini and fancy mushrooms to make as a veggie along side...oh yes, it's a meat lasagna....so thanks again ladies, much appreciated. Merry Christmas and a most Happy, Healthy and Peaceful 2006 to you and yours!!!!
Hi Val and Zuri....teehee Zuri.....no, I don't have to do that....don't do that....have never done that....ROFL.....
But, know what I did?....we have a "fine food" shop near here that makes a large one, enough for 6-8, it's frozen and has lottsa things in it, and no ricotta or cottage cheese....so I bought it!!!!....now grandma doesn't have to toil in the kitchen...I bought some rapini and fancy mushrooms to make as a veggie along side...oh yes, it's a meat lasagna....so thanks again ladies, much appreciated. Merry Christmas and a most Happy, Healthy and Peaceful 2006 to you and yours!!!!