Epic Portions

Tag: lasagna

  • Lasagna

    Epic Meal Time again.  So, I have to say that I love the moment when the girl greets him in French and he just yells at her “15 TEEN BURGERS!”  Tip of the hat from the Anglo-phonic world, sir.

  • Lasagna Sandwich

    No one would call any part of the U.K. a haven for great food, but this is sad. 

    Something fraudulently called the lasagna sandwich sold in the U.K.

    If you are going to make a lasagna sandwich, bring it strong or don’t bring it at all.  I like how this article claims it “rivals even the most fattening American treats.”  This particular lasagna sandwich has 565 calories and 27g of fat.  Seriously?  That’s a light snack.  Check out the JJ Gargantuan.  I love our cousins from across the pond but stick to beer, or at least fish and chips.  Leave the gluttony to the experts.  In the meantime…

    Jeremy’s Grossly Simplified Recipe for a Lasagna Sandwich

    Step 1:  Make lasagna

    Step 2:  Make two slices of garlic bread (use Italian bread)

    Step 3:  Cut a slice of lasagna a little larger than the slices of bread.

    Step 4:  Assemble sandwich

    Step 5:  Consume

    That could be really delicious…note to self:  Make lasagna sandwich sometime very soon.

  • The Hundred Layer Lasagna

    I felt a little bad for exposing you to Tios’ “World Famous” Wet Burrito yesterday, so when I came across a link that simply stated “100 Layer Lasagna”, I saw it as an opportunity to make that up to you.

    NYMag.com recently did a report on the 100 Layer Lasagna that was created by Chef Mark Ladner at Del Posto, which is owned by Mario Batali(shocker).

    It’s really, really simple,” says Mark Ladner about his hundred-layer lasagne. Yes, that’s 100 layers: 50 practically transparent sheets of handmade pasta, alternating with 50 layers of sauce (Bolognese, besciamella, and marinara). Each 80-portion pan has to go into the oven by 1:30 P.M. every day. Otherwise, it doesn’t have enough time to cool and coalesce by dinner and completely collapses when you try to slice it. It takes three kitchen stations and many hands to put it together. Skewers hold it in place while it sets. You need a special spatuala to serve it. Maybe “simple” isn’t the word.

    Portions of the structure are currently available on certain tasting menus, with the cheapest one running you about $125.  If you ask for it a la cart, it will supposedly only run you around $30.

    For those of you who are completely out of your mind and think this is not one of the more delicious looking creations in the entire world, Tom Colicchio begs to differ.