The Origin of Lasana | It did not take place in Italy!

Most of us make our mouths water when we hear the word Lasana .The combination of bechamel, pasta and cheese and whatever its filling, delights children and adults and It is a sure success on the table.If you travel to Italy, surely the pasta dishes you enjoy will be Lasana.If you are asked where this dish comes from, you will surely answer that...from Italy !, well, it is not So, surprised? Join us in Lifestyle to know the Origin of Lasana , which as we have said… It did not take place in Italy!

The origin of lasana did not take place in Italy.!

In the different definitions of what a lasana is, there are some points where they coincide: it is a laminated pasta dish that is layered and baked. The experts who consider this basic definition as good affirm that the origin of lasana is not in Italy, but in Greece (which of course becomes one of the Curiosities of Italy and also one of the Curiosities of Greece ).

1.Where Lasana was born

There is no discussion that Lasana as we know it today is Italian, but the origin of Lasana is not Italian, but Greek.Greek cuisine and then in the Roman there was a specialty l lamada « λάγανον», l aganon, laganum or lagana also known as «tracta» or «tractum».At different times and places of Ancient Greece, the «laganon» (which is the name of the vessel in which this culinary specialty was cooked), it was an unleavened bread, something similar to a pancake and finally a kind of pasta that was arranged alternating layers of dough and sauce and baked in a “laganon”. It considers that it is the first known form of pasta .

In Rome, Ciceron (106 BC-43 BC) already mentioned in his writings his passion for "Lagum" that they were long strips of pasta, so experts assume that at that time the first machines to stretch the dough began to develop, but it was really not until the 17th century that a really similar dish appeared to what we know as lasana .There are recipes for dishes similar to lasana in lib The cuisine of Great Britain and Italy of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.In the book "Lucerna de corteggiani" (1634), by Giovan Battista Crisci, we have the first recipe of lasana in the current style, with pasta sheets, mozzarella, cheese and baked.The next step is found in "Il Principe dei Cuochi" which was published in Naples in 1881 and is the first time that suggests the use of tomatoes in the recipe of the lasana.

Some defenders of the Italianness of lasana say that, in reality, there is no definite recipe for the Greek dish "laganon" and that this was simply a pasta dish baked in layers.In any case, as the name "lasana" seems to come from the Greek word, it is easy to think that the original idea of assembling pasta in layers, with stuffing and cheese, was born in Greece .De Greece passed to Ancient Rome and centuries later gave rise to the lasana we know and adore today.

2.Varieties m as popular of Lasana

The Origin of Lasana | It did not take place in Italy!

The most popular varieties of la lasana are those from the Emilia-Romana region which is made with the traditional layers of ragu bolones and a cheese sauce that is made with Parmigiano Reggiano and that in many occasions incorporates spinach pasta, so it has a greenish color and the delicious napolitan lasana a with small meatballs instead of minced meat.We also find vegetable, fish and fish-made lasanas .There are something for all tastes and we are not worried to enjoy with them the true origin of the lasana! We will let Greeks and Italians dispute between them and we we will dedicate to enjoy it.

3.Curiosities of Lasana

The Origin of Lasana | It did not take place in Italy!

There is a national Lasana day , it's July 29, although the date does not seem very coherent since, traditionally, it is a dish of winter or epochs of low temperatures because it is baked and served hot.
Really there are two types of lasana that differ basically in the composition of pasta sheets.One is made with flour and egg and the other with semolina and water.
Even if you find it surprising, there are people who cook his lasana in the dishwasher .You can see it in the video below.Really curious!

Garfield's favorite food is...lasana! Jim Davis its creator was also a fan of this dish.
In Naples on Thursday Lardero the so-called Carnival Lasana is served.The filling consists of meatloaf, sausage, ricotta cheese, mozzarella and cooked egg.
The experts in this dish, although it has nothing to do with the origin of lasana, say that the ideal number of layers is five .
One of the more exquisite and expensive lasanas that you can prepare the lasana «all'albese» that is prepared with white truffle.
The Gerstenberg publishing house designed a very, very, curious book. Each page of the book is made of lasana paste and when you turn the pages-layers you discover the next step to make lasana.Finally, it is the book itself that you eat.

The Origin of Lasana | It did not take place in Italy!

In the Italian region of Marche las lasana is con It looks like "vincisgrassi" and is a specialty in which the meat of the filling is made of giblets (viscera).

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If you have enjoyed knowing in our company the origin of lasana, do not miss this suggestion.And it is that not only a dish as typically Italian as Lasana has its origin elsewhere.One of the best curiosities of Japan is that a Japanese dish as popular as sushi did not originate in the Japanese country.Do you want to discover it? Then don't forget to read our entry on The Origin of Sushi.

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