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28-01-2021
Column: Food for Thought - SPINACH AND RICOTTA ROASTED VEGETABLE LASAGNE
Column: Food for Thought - SPINACH AND RICOTTA ROASTED VEGETABLE LASAGNE
As a kid, mum would make a veggie lasagne (or lasagna) at least once a month and I would often sit in front of the oven watching the cheese bubble away and slowly turn a wonderful golden brown while savouring the aromas coming from the oven. You see, we were only allowed 30 minutes of TV a day and that would get used up very quickly as we would usually watch Conan the Barbarian and Astro Boy in the morning. So, watching food cook in the oven was sort of like a live TV show for me.
Did you know technically, ‘lasagna’ did not originate in Italy as you may expect. Its origin can be traced way back to Ancient Greece. The name ‘lasagna’, or ‘lasagne’ is derived from the Greek word ‘laganon’; the first known form of pasta. Laganon was not a traditional lasagna as we know it with traditional Italian ingredients, but it was composed of layers of pasta and sauce. So, it basically got its name from the method in which it was made, not for its ingredients.
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