Lasagne - wikipedia Lasagne `` Lasagna '' redirects here. For other uses, see Lasagna ( disambiguation ). Lasagne Baked lasagne Type Pasta Course Main Place of origin Italy Region or state Campania, Emilia - Romagna Serving temperature Hot Main ingredients Durum wheat Variations Lasagnette Cookbook : Lasagne Media : Lasagne Lasagne ( / ləˈzænjə, - ˈzɑːn -, - ˈsɑːn - / ; Italian : ( laˈzaɲɲe ) ; singular lasagna ) are wide, flat pasta, and possibly one of the oldest types of pasta. `` Lasagne '', or the singular `` lasagna '', commonly refers to a dish made with several layers of lasagne sheets alternated with sauces and other ingredients, such as meats and cheese. Contents 1 Origins and history 2 Etymology 3 See also 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External links Origins and history Lasagne originated in Italy during the Middle Ages and has traditionally been ascribed to the city of Naples. The first recorded recipe was set down in the early 14th century Liber de Coquina ( The Book of Cookery ). It bore only a slight resemblance to the later traditional form of lasagne, featuring a fermented dough, flattened into a thin sheet, boiled, sprinkled with cheese and spices, and then eaten with the use of a small pointed stick. Other recipes written in the century following the Liber de Coquina recommended boiling the pasta in a chicken broth and dressing it with cheese and chicken fat, or in one case walnuts, in a recipe adapted for the Lenten fast. The traditional lasagne of Naples, lasagne di carnevale, is layered with local sausage, small fried meatballs, hard - boiled eggs, ricotta and mozzarella cheeses, and sauced with a Neapolitan ragù. Lasagne al forno, layered with a thicker ragù and Béchamel sauce and which corresponds to the most common version of the dish outside Italy, is traditionally associated with Emilia - Romagna. In other regions lasagne can be made with various combinations of ricotta or mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, various meats ( e.g., ground beef, pork or chicken ), miscellaneous vegetables ( e.g., spinach, zucchini, olives, mushrooms ), and is typically flavored with wine, garlic, onion, and oregano. In all cases, the lasagne are oven - baked ( al forno ). Traditionally, pasta dough prepared in Southern Italy used semolina and water and in the northern regions, where semolina was not available, flour and eggs. Today in Italy, since the only type of wheat allowed for commercially sold pasta is durum wheat, commercial lasagne are made of semolina ( from durum wheat ). Emilia - Romagna 's intensive farming economy in the northern region of Italy results in plentiful dairy and meat products, and their commonality in regional cooking -- more so than the olive oil found in southern regions of Italy. Pastas from Emilia - Romagna and its capital, Bologna, are almost always served with a ragù, a thick sauce made from ingredients such as onions, carrots, finely ground pork and beef, celery, butter, and tomatoes. Etymology In Ancient Rome, there was a dish similar to the traditional lasagne one called lasana or lasanum ( Latin for ' container ', ' pot ' ) described in the book De re coquinaria by Marcus Gavius Apicius, but the word could have a more ancient origin. The first theory is that lasagne comes from Greek λάγανον ( laganon ), a flat sheet of pasta dough cut into strips. The word λαγάνα ( lagana ) is still used in Greek to mean a flat thin type of unleavened bread baked for the Clean Monday holiday. Another theory is that the word lasagne comes from the Greek λάσανα ( lasana ) or λάσανον ( lasanon ) meaning ' trivet ', ' stand for a pot ' or ' chamber pot '. The Romans borrowed the word as lasanum, meaning ' cooking pot '. The Italians used the word to refer to the dish in which lasagne is made. Later, the name of the food took on the name of the serving dish. Another proposed link, or reference, is the 14th century dish loseyn as described in the British The Forme of Cury, a cookbook prepared by `` the chief Master Cooks of King Richard II '', which included English recipes as well as dishes influenced by Spanish, French, Italian, and Arab cuisines. This recipe has similarities to modern lasagne in both its recipe, which features a layering of ingredients between pasta sheets, and its name. An important difference is the lack of tomatoes, which did not arrive in Europe until after Columbus reached America in 1492. The earliest discussion of the tomato in European literature appeared in a herbal written in 1544 by Pietro Andrea Mattioli while the earliest discovered cookbook with tomato recipes was published in Naples in 1692, though the author had apparently obtained these recipes from Spanish sources. As with most other types of pasta, the Italian word is a plural form, lasagne meaning more than one sheet of lasagna, though in many other languages a derivative of the singular word `` lasagna '' is used for the popular dish. Regional usage in Italy, when referring to the baked dish, favours the plural form lasagne in the north of the country and the singular lasagna in the south. The former usage has influenced the usual spelling found in British English, while the southern Italian usage has influenced the spelling often used for the dish in American English. See also Italy portal Food portal Baked ziti Casserole List of casserole dishes Crozets de Savoie -- a type of small, square - shaped pasta made in the Savoie region in France King Ranch chicken -- a casserole also known as `` Texas Lasagna '' Lasagna cell -- inadvertent corrosion caused by improper storage of lasagna Lazanki -- a type of small square - or rectangle - shaped pasta made in Poland and Belarus List of Italian dishes Moussaka -- a Mediterranean casserole that is layered in some recipes Pastelón -- a baked, layered Puerto Rican dish made with plantains Pastitsio -- a baked, layered Mediterranean pasta dish Timballo -- an Italian casserole Gallery Uncooked lasagne on a bed of bechamel and ragù A close - up view of lasagne Baked lasagne served in a pottery bowl Lasagne with salad References Jump up ^ The Oxford Companion to Food 2nd Ed. Oxford University Press, USA. 2006. ISBN 0 - 19 - 280681 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Lasagna ''. Merriam - Webster. Retrieved 30 June 2017. Jump up ^ Liber de Coquina ( 1285 ), De lasanis. Gloning. ^ Jump up to : Serventi, Pasta : the story of a universal food, Columbia UP, 2012, p. 235 Jump up ^ Del Conte, Anna ( December 1, 2013 ). Gastronomy of Italy. Pavilion. ISBN 978 - 1862059580. Jump up ^ `` Presidential Decree 187 '' ( PDF ). translation from UA A.F.P.A. 9 February 2001. Retrieved 7 October 2012. Jump up ^ Hess, Reinhardt ; Sälzer, Sabine ( 1999 ). Regional Italian cuisine : typical recipes and culinary impressions from all regions. Barron 's. ISBN 9780764151590. OCLC 42786762. Jump up ^ Root, Waverley. The Cooking of Italy. New York : Time - Life, 1968. Print. Jump up ^ De re coquinaria. Apicio. Jump up ^ λάγανον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek - English Lexicon, on Perseus Jump up ^ Dalby, Andrew ( 2003 ). Food in the ancient world from A to Z. London : Routledge. ISBN 9780415232593. OCLC 892612150. Jump up ^ `` Everyone Eats : Understanding Food and Culture '', Eugene Newton Anderson, NYU Press, 2005 Jump up ^ `` The Origins of pasta ''. The Real Italian Pasta. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 10. Jump up ^ λάσανα, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek - English Lexicon, on Perseus Jump up ^ Muhlke, Christine ( 2 April 1997 ), `` A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their Names '', Cookbook Shelf : Book Review, Salon.com, archived from the original on August 8, 2007, retrieved 30 September 2007 Jump up ^ `` lasagna ''. Merriam - Webster 's Online Dictionary. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 10. Jump up ^ Lewis, Charlton T. ; Short, Charles. `` lăsănum ''. A Latin Dictionary. Perseus Digital Library. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Loseyns ( Lozenges ) ''. Celtnet. Dyfed Lloyd Evans. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012. Jump up ^ John Rylands University Library of Manchester ( 1996 ). Things sweet to taste : selections from the Forme of cury : a fourteenth - century cookery book in the John Rylands Library. John Rylands Library. ISBN 0863731341. OCLC 643512620. Thys fourme of cury ys compyled of þe mayster cokes of kyng Richard þe secund... by assent of Maysters of physik and of phylosophye. Jump up ^ Bouchut, Marie Josèphe Moncorgé ; Bailey, Ian ( trans. ) ; Hunt, Leah ( trans. ). `` Oldcook : Forme of Cury and cookery books in English ''. Retrieved 24 August 2016. ^ Jump up to : Smith, Andrew F. ( 1994 ). The tomato in America : early history, culture, and cookery. Columbia, S.C, USA : University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1 - 57003 - 000 - 6. ^ Jump up to : Buccini, A.F. ( 2013 ). `` Lasagne, a layered history ''. In McWilliams. Wrapped & Stuffed Foods : Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. Prospect. p. 95. 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Question: wide flat strips of pasta used in baked italian dish
Answer: Lasagne