[Sca-cooks] Medieval English lasagne?

[Daniel Myers]

On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 09:32 PM, Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus 
Adamantius wrote:

> And what is lasagne (to most of the modern world this means lasagne 
> bolognese or some close variant thereof) made of? I mean, apart from 
> the tomato ragout? Largely flat pasta and cheese, no? Rather like the 
> almost identical 14th-century Italian version published in the 19th 
> century in the Libro di Coquino? I think there's also a recipe for it 
> in the Neapolitan collection recently edited/published by Scully.

Just checked - no close matches in the Neapolitan Recipe Collection.  
Some references to lasagne, but no layered dishes of noodle and cheese.

How does the one from Libro di Coquino read?

- Doc


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