So I downloaded this e-recipe book on my Kindle yesterday: 'The World's Greatest Lasagnes', or something along those lines. I started reading a few of them today. There are 197 recipes, in total, by memory. So far, not so good. It's very American and there's an awful lot of tinned condensed mushroom soup going on in there - ew!
I think I'll be stepping out in my lasagne journey on some hopefully safer footing than that. I read an article in the Guardian a while back .... In Search of the Perfect Lasagne .... or, well, something along those lines (you get the picture that accuracy is not my strong point, right?). The lasagnes researched in that article (yes, eating can be research, that's right) sounded much better than the ones in my new (possibly regrettable) ebook. The finale of the Guardian article is a lasagne recipe that is the culmination and amalgamation of the journalists lasagne research. I thought I'd give it a whirl.
How to cook the perfect lasagne (according to the UK Guardian)
I've thrown in the link, in case I lose track of it myself .... and in case you'd like to try it too.
Tonight, we finished off the last of the lasagne that was a throw together job done in collaboration by me and our live in (six month cultural exchange) au pair, a few nights ago. We used Leggo's fresh lasagne sheets, from the supermarket, bolognese sauce cooked by our friendly French au pair and a béchamel I knocked up, which I actually thought was a bit too flavoursome for just background but which the boys (our au pair is a guy) thought was really good. I did stick a bit of grated cheese in the béchamel which we used in each layer, along with the bolognese. I tend to start the bottom of the dish with a meat layer, rather than a pasta layer, unless directed otherwise by a recipe - I buttered the dish too, for good measure. We topped the whole shebang off with just some grated aged cheddar & gave it about a half hour in the oven. It was pretty good.
I can't decide whether that lasagne was the inspiriting for kicking off this blog, or whether I agreed to (child request) of lasagne because the thoughts of this blog were lurking in the background. A combination of the two, I think.
Enough of this talk, it's time for sleep. There's a whole new day tomorrow and lasagnes, both actual and metaphorical, to be gotten on with.
Sleep well all!
I think I'll be stepping out in my lasagne journey on some hopefully safer footing than that. I read an article in the Guardian a while back .... In Search of the Perfect Lasagne .... or, well, something along those lines (you get the picture that accuracy is not my strong point, right?). The lasagnes researched in that article (yes, eating can be research, that's right) sounded much better than the ones in my new (possibly regrettable) ebook. The finale of the Guardian article is a lasagne recipe that is the culmination and amalgamation of the journalists lasagne research. I thought I'd give it a whirl.
How to cook the perfect lasagne (according to the UK Guardian)
I've thrown in the link, in case I lose track of it myself .... and in case you'd like to try it too.
Tonight, we finished off the last of the lasagne that was a throw together job done in collaboration by me and our live in (six month cultural exchange) au pair, a few nights ago. We used Leggo's fresh lasagne sheets, from the supermarket, bolognese sauce cooked by our friendly French au pair and a béchamel I knocked up, which I actually thought was a bit too flavoursome for just background but which the boys (our au pair is a guy) thought was really good. I did stick a bit of grated cheese in the béchamel which we used in each layer, along with the bolognese. I tend to start the bottom of the dish with a meat layer, rather than a pasta layer, unless directed otherwise by a recipe - I buttered the dish too, for good measure. We topped the whole shebang off with just some grated aged cheddar & gave it about a half hour in the oven. It was pretty good.
I can't decide whether that lasagne was the inspiriting for kicking off this blog, or whether I agreed to (child request) of lasagne because the thoughts of this blog were lurking in the background. A combination of the two, I think.
Enough of this talk, it's time for sleep. There's a whole new day tomorrow and lasagnes, both actual and metaphorical, to be gotten on with.
Sleep well all!
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