This summer while visiting our daughter Anna in PHX for the birth of her new son Siegfried Patrick I discovered the 'cooking channel'.
It was 118 degrees outside, ( OUCH!!) so while whiling the hours away ogling over a new bundle of JOY, we often had the cooking channel on in the background.
I was delighted to come home and find it was on my direct TV I just hadn't tuned in before..One of my first favorite shows was Extra Virgin( http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/extra-virgin.html) w Debbie Mazar and her gorgeous Tuscan husband Gabriele.
But lately I got stuck on another great Italian cooking show: David Rocco https://www.facebook.com/DAVIDR0CC0. I just happened to tune in the other day ( via my DVR) and David was making several authentic Italian sauces included the classic bolognese!! Excellent since my mothers family is Italian and I am in charge of bringing the lasagna for our family's Thanksgiving this weekend!! Here's the link to David's recipe:
http://www.davidrocco.com/recipes/sauces/bolognese.asp
So here's what you start w. Take ur time, clear ur calendar and concentrate on all that is good....Fresh rosemary, fresh basil...
Fresh ITALIAN FLAT LEAF PARSLEY ( not any other kind), it has a lovely little licorcey taste.
O.K. MUST be a typo where is the GARLIC!!! and I added just a hint of fennel seed. Sorry,( No I'm not), it just seemed right!
So here is is starting to simmer .. good stuff takes time. I am cooking the meat separately at first, So I can make a vegetarian lasagna ( yes this will be the sauce for my lasagna) , vegetarian dish for my niece Katy. AND I will make a batch of pasta and DAIRY free sauce for my very allergic 22 month old granddaughter Natalia Nilean.
I will add the meat after the sauce cooks and I take Katy's out for her veggie lasagna. It is a bit of brain teaser not to mix anything : written note on the table " NO MEAT for Katy: No Dairy for Nattie!!
BLESSED THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL..
Remember Count Your Blessings NOT Your Grumbles!!
I got a kick out of your title! We love homemade lasagna around here but I have to say we've never tried it for Thanksgiving! Sounds like a good idea to me. :) Have a Blessed Thanksgiving, Deborah!
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