Lasagna is
both a form of pasta in sheets (sometimes
rippled, though seldom so in Northern Italy)
and also a dish, sometimes named lasagne al
forno (meaning "oven-cooked lasagne") made
with alternate layers of pasta, cheese, and
often ragł (a meat sauce) or tomato sauce.
The word lasagna, which originally applied
to a cooking pot, now simply describes the
food itself. Americans commonly use the
singular "lasagna" to refer to both the dish
and the pasta, while others use the Italian
plural "lasagne". |
