The difference
Fazzoletti vs Lasagna
Both are flat sheets of pasta, but they part ways at the oven. Lasagna is layered with sauce and baked. Fazzoletti, the handkerchiefs, are boiled a few at a time and plated loose under their dressing, classically Ligurian pesto as mandilli de saea. Same sheet, one baked in stacks, the other draped on the plate.
Fazzoletti
- Family
- Sheets and broad cuts
- Size
- not yet measured
- Surface
- Smooth
- Cook
- n/a
Wants: Pesto Genovese, Tomato sauce, Besciamella
Lasagna
- Family
- Sheets and broad cuts
- Size
- 150 to 200 mm long
- Surface
- Smooth
- Cook
- 3 to 5 min
Wants: Ragu Bolognese, Besciamella, Neapolitan ragu
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