Featured Christmas Eve Lasagna , salad and sourdough

[kelbro]

Looks great! One of my favorite meals.

 

[jcam222]

WOW what a meal Rich!!

 

[Smoking Allowed]

Good Lord that looks good. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go straight to the lasagna.

 

[Fueling Around]

Great meal for the family
I'm loving the texture of the sourdough. I can see the layers from the stretch and folds.

edit Forgot to add congrats for the feature

 

[crazymoon]

CS, Very nice, I would take a plate or two or three !

 

[DRKsmoking]

Great all home cooked meal there Rich.
And that is how the top should be , nice and golden cheese.

I can eat most lasagnas, but if im making it for me it is Mozza for all cheese, but that is me.

great meal, and hope you all had a great Christmas.

PS: love the egg idea

David

 

[chopsaw]

THE BEST LASAGNA THESE EYES HAVE EVER SEEN!

I'll take that . Lol . Thanks bud .

WHAT THICKNESS DO YOU GO TO ON THE SHEETS OF PASTA, LOOKS PERFECT, AROUND #4?

Ray , I normally go to 6 on this , but this was at a 5 . Cooked from raw in the dish really makes the pasta swell up .

Great lookin meal

Thanks for lookin ' .

Amazing looking meal Rich! Congrats on the ride too!

Thanks Steve . Appreciate that .

WOW! Homemade pasta!

Well yeah ,,,

A little fresh grated parm and some starchy pasta water .
So good .

Pesto in lasagna is new to me. At the suggestion of a coworker I tried making lasagna with sausage instead of GB and OMG absolutely no other way.

The pesto started with Ryan making a baked pasta dish . He wanted to use the same ingredients , but use them in a lasagna . Each on it's own layer .
It was a layer of pesto , a layer of bechamel , then beef and italian sausage with homemade sauce . Small amounts of mots .
Really good , but he doesn't add the egg , so it stays flat .

 

[chopsaw]

looks great!

Thanks David .

Awesome looking meal

Hope you had a Merry Christmas and wish you and your family a happy New Year!

Thanks Ryan . Same back at you and yours bud .

 

[forktender]

Thanks !

I normally do cottage cheese and mots . Not a big fan of ricotta myself , but forgot the cottage cheese .

Thanks for the comment . I appreciate that .

Thanks Dan , I appreciate that .
Sounds like you and yours had a great meal as well . I miss the Italian meal on Christmas with the wife's side of the family . Good days passed ,,,
I was honored to be gifted the Ravioli recipe .
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I just bookmarked your recipe, so I can give it a shot.

Thank you for posting it.

 

[forktender]

I'll take that . Lol . Thanks bud .

Ray , I normally go to 6 on this , but this was at a 5 . Cooked from raw in the dish really makes the pasta swell up .

Thanks for lookin ' .


Thanks Steve . Appreciate that .

Well yeah ,,,
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A little fresh grated parm and some starchy pasta water .
So good .
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The pesto started with Ryan making a baked pasta dish . He wanted to use the same ingredients , but use them in a lasagna . Each on it's own layer .
It was a layer of pesto , a layer of bechamel , then beef and italian sausage with homemade sauce . Small amounts of mots .
Really good , but he doesn't add the egg , so it stays flat .
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That is basically the true original Alfredo sauce without the butter.
The Americanized version adds the heavy cream, I grew up eating the org version, it's my favorite by far.

 

[civilsmoker]

Very Nice! Mrs Civil really liked this idea….we might be doing it next year

 

[chopsaw]

Looks great! One of my favorite meals.

Thank you . Here's a simple replacement .
Bag (s) of frozen beef ravioli . We use Louisa .
Good quality jar of sauce . Mids or Rao's .
Layer the rav's with sauce in a pan . Add cheese or whatever you like .
We keep it just sauce , grate some parm on top at the end .
Bake it off in the oven ( ravs are frozen ) until it bubbles .
Eats like a cross between Lasagna and Cannelloni , leans towards Cannelloni .

WOW what a meal Rich!!

Thanks Jeff . Had enough left to do it again on Friday . I normally do 2 out of that amount , and freeze one . You know it's good when they say " We should have this again tomorrow " Lol .

Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go straight to the lasagna.

Great reply ! Thanks .

 

[gmc2003]

Thanks Jeff . Had enough left to do it again on Friday . I normally do 2 out of that amount , and freeze one . You know it's good when they say " We should have this again tomorrow " Lol .

This reminded me of something my grandmother and mother taught me. They always made the lasagna the day before we ate it. It allowed all the ingredients/flavors to come together.

Chris

 

[chef k-dude]

Nice! I keep trying to get my wife to make lasagna for Thanksgiving or Christmas but you know, for some people its just not Thanksgiving or Christmas unless "fill in the blank"...and it's not lasagna. I do most of the cooking but she does make an excellent lasagna.

At the suggestion of a coworker I tried making lasagna with sausage instead of GB and OMG absolutely no other way.

I turned my wife on to this many years ago. I fed her spaghetti made with Italian sausage and we never looked back. Everything in the tomato based Italian inspired lane is always Italian sausage, hot and spicy.

Lasagna is a bit like Chili in the sense that people have their sort of "must haves" or "oh hell no's"!

 

[Flatrate]

Looks fantastic, now I want!

Dave

 

[miller51]

Good looking meal and there's a lot of work in those couple dishes, looks like you nailed them!

 

[chopsaw]

I'm loving the texture of the sourdough.

Thanks . That bread comes out fantastic . Makes great toast too . Changed it up some yesterday . More of a baguette . Softer crumb and crust . Used ripe starter , but no ferment .
Open bake . Great texture and flavor .

I would take a plate or two or three !

You'd be welcome , and plenty to go around .

love the egg idea

David , it works . Not sure where I got that from . Just mix a whole egg right in the cheese .
Just remember to toss any cheese you don't use .
Another cook , but you can see it's an inch below the top before baking .

All done and resting , it's over the top of the dish . Just make sure to put something
underneath .

 

[chopsaw]

Mrs Civil really liked this idea….we might be doing it next year

It's a great Christmas dish , and something people come to look forward too .

Nice! I keep trying to get my wife to make lasagna for Thanksgiving or Christmas

This comes from eating at my wife's family on Christmas . Her Dad was full Italian , and her aunt used to do homemade ravioli , meatballs , sauce ,,,, the sauce is killer by itself . Bought the good sausage from the Hill section of St. Louis . Great meal , and that is Christmas to her side ,, and my kids grew up with that . It's a tradition , but sadly a lot of the main players agr gone now .

Looks fantastic, now I want!

Thanks . Yeah , me too . Getting hungry sitting here .

Good looking meal and there's a lot of work in those couple dishes, looks like you nailed them!

Thanks . It does take some work , but I'm setup pretty good for this stuff .
Key thing is to clean as you go . That way you have room to work , and not looking at a big mess .