Scratch Lasagna

WeberWho

I purchased a used Kitchenaid mixer a few years ago on Craigslist. The main reason for purchasing the mixer was that it came with a couple pasta attachments. I kept the attachments but flipped the actual mixer as I had one already. So the attachments essentially became free when flipping the mixer. I guess that didn't give me much motivation to go and use them. They've just sat on the shelf for the past couple years. I figured I'd better at least try them out and see how they work. So I did a practice session making dough and figuring out how to use the attachments last Friday. I was planning to make lasagna for my mom's birthday on that Sunday. 



I made the sauce on the egg Saturday. That took about 7 hours to reduce down and thicken up.




Sunday was rolling dough.



Coming together Sunday evening.


My mom insisted that she still needed to bring something even though it was her birthday dinner. So she made a olive/jalapeño french bread. 



Lasagna coming off the egg.



Plated with an anchovy mustard vinaigrette salad. 



That was a lot of work for some lasagna. I definitely got some learning experiences out of it and what I should or shouldn't do the next time making it. My mom seemed to enjoy the meal. That's what counts.

Thanks for looking. 

hoosier_egger

My goodness! 

Bravo!

johnmitchell

Wow, that looks fantastic.

lkapigian

Winner all the way around, I'm stuffed just looking at it!

StillH2OEgger

My lord, that looks delicious! The olive/jalapeno french bread looks superb, too. Bravo all around.

WeberWho

ColtsFan said:

My goodness! 

Bravo!

Thanks ColtsFan!

WeberWho

johnmitchell said:

Wow, that looks fantastic.

Thank you Johnmitchell! 

CPARKTX

Nice cook!  Looks great.

WeberWho

lkapigian said:

Winner all the way around, I'm stuffed just looking at it!

Thanks lkapigian! I got through 3/4 of my lasagna piece and I tapped out. 

WeberWho

StillH2OEgger said:

My lord, that looks delicious! The olive/jalapeno french bread looks superb, too. Bravo all around.

Thanks Stillwater! I told her not to make anything. I get a text a few minutes later telling me she's bringing jalapeño french bread. I wasn't going to argue over some olive/jalapeño french bread. I think that was favorite item on my plate.

WeberWho

CPARKTX said:

Nice cook!  Looks great.

Hey thanks CPARKTX!

SciAggie

That’s a beautiful lasagna. I know home made pasta is a bit more work, but I think the results are worth it. Well done.

Carolina Q

Awesome cook, awesome post!! That plated lasagna serving is a thing to behold! Did you use Enrico's recipe?

WeberWho

SciAggie said:

That’s a beautiful lasagna. I know home made pasta is a bit more work, but I think the results are worth it. Well done.

Thanks SciAggie! The noodles do make it worth while. I enjoy Italian dishes every once in awhile. My wife could eat it every night. I'm excited to try out the fettuccine mixer attachment for her. 

WeberWho

Carolina Q said:

Awesome cook, awesome post!! That plated lasagna serving is a thing to behold! Did you use Enrico's recipe?

Thanks Carolina Q. Hard to compare my lasagna to his. Even with the same recipe. Mines not even in the same ballpark as his and Mollys. Those two have some real Italian magic. They essentially ruined lasagna for me. There's is so good. 

SciAggie

@WeberWho Watch the Pasta Grannies channel on Youtube. There is some great cooking being done by some talented grannies. 

northGAcock

Carolina Q

WeberWho said:

Carolina Q said:

Awesome cook, awesome post!! That plated lasagna serving is a thing to behold! Did you use Enrico's recipe?

Thanks Carolina Q. Hard to compare my lasagna to his. Even with the same recipe. Mines not even in the same ballpark as his and Mollys. Those two have some real Italian magic. They essentially ruined lasagna for me. There's is so good. 

Jealous. I've never been to CO, but it I ever make the trip, I'm eating at Carbonella Creations! 

smokingal

I really enjoyed reading this post and checking out the pictures.  Glad to hear your mom enjoyed the fruits of all of your hard work.

I remember the first time I made my own pasta - spaghetti and cheese stuffed smoked meatballs.  I almost called it quits during the pasta rolling process, when I got a call for some work nonsense, only to return to the kitchen to find that my furry beast had yanked the freshly rolled dough from the table and encased himself like a feline cannoli.  I had to start over and it was so much work but worth it.

JohnnyTarheel

Excellent my friend.. the finished product looks great. 

mEGG_My_Day

That’s killer looking lasagna and your mom’s French bread looks delicious.  Great meal - thanks for posting. 

WeberWho

SciAggie said:

@WeberWho Watch the Pasta Grannies channel on Youtube. There is some great cooking being done by some talented grannies. 

Thanks SciAggie. I bookmarked the channel. Definitely will be checking out their videos. Much appreciated. 

WeberWho

northGAcock said:

I'm honored! Thanks NorthGAcock!

WeberWho

Carolina Q said:

WeberWho said:

Carolina Q said:

Awesome cook, awesome post!! That plated lasagna serving is a thing to behold! Did you use Enrico's recipe?

Thanks Carolina Q. Hard to compare my lasagna to his. Even with the same recipe. Mines not even in the same ballpark as his and Mollys. Those two have some real Italian magic. They essentially ruined lasagna for me. There's is so good. 

Jealous. I've never been to CO, but it I ever make the trip, I'm eating at Carbonella Creations! 

It sounds like you've got an excuse to go now! If you ever do find yourself out that way it's worth the stop.

WeberWho

smokingal said:

I really enjoyed reading this post and checking out the pictures.  Glad to hear your mom enjoyed the fruits of all of your hard work.

I remember the first time I made my own pasta - spaghetti and cheese stuffed smoked meatballs.  I almost called it quits during the pasta rolling process, when I got a call for some work nonsense, only to return to the kitchen to find that my furry beast had yanked the freshly rolled dough from the table and encased himself like a feline cannoli.  I had to start over and it was so much work but worth it.

Thanks smokingal!

I hear you about wanting to quit. It was pushing midnight Saturday night when I messed up the dough ball. I was positive I was going to be short on ingredients for making a new one. I was using some not so nice language at this point. I somehow managed just enough ingredients to make a second ball. I started looking for my keys for that midnight grocery run before I measured everything out though. I went out at 6:30 Sunday morning and bought ingredients for another dough ball if something didn't work out with the first one. The whole weekend ended up being dedicated to a couple pans of lasagna. Seems pretty strange when you think about it. 

I wish all this came easy. Further from the truth. I'm glad I tried it. I've wanted to do it for awhile now. 

WeberWho

JohnnyTarheel said:

Excellent my friend.. the finished product looks great. 

Much appreciated JohnnyTarheel! 

WeberWho

mEGG_My_Day said:

That’s killer looking lasagna and your mom’s French bread looks delicious.  Great meal - thanks for posting. 

Thanks for looking mEggMyDay! 

johnkitchens

Great looking cook! 

JMJ

Jesus, what a cook! What a meal! The effort you put into that must have made it all the better. Consider me inspired!

marysvilleksegghead

did you ever have Enrico's lasagna at a frozen fest?  Yours reminds me of what his looked like, really good looking.

bgebrent

Excellent cook brother!  Kudos on your pasta.