If you grew up in an Italian family the odds are you’ve indulged in the ultimate Italian comfort food, also known as lasagna, many times throughout your lifetime. A mixture of sauce, flat pasta, and plenty of cheese bubbling over in the oven makes all your problems go away (until you have to clean up after the gooey cheesiness that oozes everywhere).
Lasagna: the Classic Italian Comfort Food
Lasagna is a staple in all Italian homes. No one gets out of eating the classic Italian comfort food almost once per week, because let’s face it – it gave everyone in the house a warm hug on the days mom was in the thick of it and needed a night off from listening to everyone’s problems. Lasagna night was mom’s “I’m drained and need a night off from lifting all you pains in the ass up” meal. On other nights, a warm hug meal might be Fettucine Alfredo, because cheese is LIFE!
If you haven’t enjoyed a great recipe for your new adult life so you can make it for yourself or your loved ones….you’re in luck! There’s some great options below depending on which ingredients make your heart happy.
Italian-American Lasagna
If you want a simple, but classic recipe, you find one from the most well-known Italian-American cooks in the world, Lidia Bastianich! There’s no other classic pasta dish that’ll come close to her recipe for lasagna.
Best Homemade Lasagna Recipe
When you want to branch out and include a few of your favorite things, like Italian sausage and pancetta, you’ll want to create Baker By Nature’s homemade lasagna recipe. It’s still fairly simple to make, but it’s got a ton of amazing flavor thanks to the two meats!
Best Lasagna Recipe
For me, adding ground beef to my lasagna makes me the happiest. I’m also a huge fan of whole milk ricotta, because for me, this Italian comfort food you need the fat to work with the sauce and ground beef. Skim ricotta just doesn’t do it for me. Lauren’s Latest has the perfect ratio of cheese, meat, and sauce!
Sausage & Ground Beef Lasagna
Now, if you really want to see an Italian woman dance in her dinner seat, you make a lasagna with not just ground beef, but also sausage. Inspired Taste’s Sausage & Ground Beef Lasagna recipe will have your entire family excited for dinner, and forgetting all the crap they’ve been dealing with all day. I think one of my favorite additions to this baked pasta dish: carrots. They add a sweetness without anyone even thinking about sugar in their sauce!
