Lasagne

Lasagne, also lasagna, is both a form of pasta in rippled sheets and also a dish, sometimes named Lasagne al forno (meaning "Lasagne in the oven") made with alternate layers of lasagne pasta, cheese, and ragu (a tomato and meat sauce). It originated in Italy.

Many recipes call for several kinds of cheese, most often ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan.

A variant is Lasagne verdi (green lasagne) which is the normal egg pasta with spinach added.

Lasagne was first recorded in the 13th century when it was used in a layered dish. This was not modern lasagne as tomatoes had not yet been discovered by Europeans.

Lasagne is the favorite dish of the fictional cat Garfield.

Quotation

• We shall feast our grape-gleaners with lasagne so tempting to swallow in slippery ropes.

  - Robert Browning, poem, "Englishman in Italy"