Which Italian restaurant makes the best lasagna in the United States? We decided to find out by visiting all of the most popular places: Olive Garden, Carrabbas, Buca di Beppo, Maggianos and North Italia. Does anyone make an authentic Italian lasagna? Will any pass the Italian husband taste test?? Come along with us to find out and don’t forget to tell us who makes your favorite lasagna.
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video on frozen lasagnas from grocery stores
If yall want a quick good lasagna get the frozen rao,s at grocery store it is 🔥🔥🔥 especially for frozen….They have a restaurant in ny if u lucky enough go there but they say its hard to get a seat there already booked for life almost. Thats crazy
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I like Olive Garden but I've always hated their lasagna. It's always overcooked.
You have to find the mom and pop shops. They have the best!
Your in Nashville. Cafe de cocco on 46th ave. Try that one.
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Ricorda che gli Italiani non dimenticano…😊
Ho visto la morte…😂😂
In Croatia we use beshamel, when we make lasagne.
It's really tasty with it, and is easy to make
Most Italians in the US came from southern Italy and Sicily (as opposed to Argentina and Brazil which were mostly northern Italian immigrants) so ricotta will be the default in almost all Italian restaurants here.
Sofrito is a key base for bolognese.
Have argued with people about this to no end. People act like Cocos is the best but the west end Maggianos is legendary
Do ya`ll cook or only review?
I have been to Italy 3 times. I order lasagna about every other day. I have never been disappointed. The best I've ever had was in Ticino Canton, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. We stayed at a little guest house there on the way between Vaduz and Milan. Made with homemade spinach pasta, bechamel, homemade mozzarella, and beef, it was amazing!
I hate Buca's Lasagna
I’ve always hated lasagna with ricotta cheese. That’s the way my southern Italian relatives made it . I am thinking I should try the northern Italian way of preparing it. Maybe then I would like it.
Alessio casually discounting all of southern Italy with the ricotta comment. Hey in Napoli my family put hard boiled eggs in, not me I think that’s gross but my Italian family.
Funny, the place named "North Italia" where the predominant sauce is tomato base, is the one place that doesnt come with a tomato sauce! lol I lived in Northern Italy (Vicenza) for over 2 years and preferred Southern Italy because they had many more non-tomato sauce options.
Is it possible that Americans don't really give a damn about your Italian authenticity? That's EXACTLY how and why we came up with Text Mex and other fusion cuisines! If you want authenticity that much, go home and be happy. Or just quit your whining!
I don't agree with anything you all said, you're not judging authentic Italian food, you're judging American Italian food so on behalf of American Italian food I've tried them all and I enjoyed all of them, but as far as Maggiano's goes it was good but not great because I don't like carrots in my sauce but again thats a different sauce, most America's dont put carrots in. Also almost all American Italian food has ricotta cheese in it not boshamel cheese sauce.(opinion to opinion)
Are all Italians this pompous? Be happy! GO HOME! WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU LIKE OR THINK!
All he does is judge. LET US HAVE A VIDEO WHERE HE COOKS! Live Stream. No editing! Then his opinion has merit. BTW. All these lasagnas really do suck!!!!😅
Is your husband a chef
I hate Carrabba's food.
Ground beef? It’ll taste just like hamburger helper. As far as I’m concerned the more different cheeses, the better.
I think you need to come to New Haven , Ct and tryourpizza
Yes, some of us like the pecorino, but my opinion it shouldn't be forced on the recipe and instead offered on the side.
It would have been helpful if we got to see pictures or video of what Alessio considers a 5/5 authentic and 5/5 visual lasagna.
What if we just let the guy have his true honest opinions?! Just a thought. You both come from completely different cultures, no you don’t have to agree on a rating. Have your own opinions. The “it’s American so it’s gotta be right” attitude is super annoying. Guy likely has much better taste in food so let’s let him be true to his own opinions and stop gaslighting the hell out of the poor guy. I might stop watching because seeing that same attitude in every video gets gross after a while.
We all have different tastes.
Bolognese is made with sofrito so they don't have to add it to their ingredient list.
This is so frustrating. The utter contempt is really disrespectful to not only these restaurants, but to Italian Americans. This is not authentic for Italy, specifically, but it is very much what Italian Americans would make. I say that as someone whose husband grew up in an Italian-speaking household and who was incredibly picky about good sauce. His grandparents grew everything that went into the sauce except the meat. His grandma and his mother chattered in Italian the whole time they made bolognese and lasagna and arancini and scratch ravioli. It actually offends me that someone would say these lovely old women weren't authentic. Italian American food is just as authentic as the food of any other region where Italians live. Campania, Bologna, Veneto, etc., all have their own expressions of lasagna – and so does every family and every cook. Why isn't it just enough to say what YOU like and don't like about THIS particular dish from each restaurant without saying it's gross and inauthentic? It's just disappointing.
Omg! I am seeing this and I love it! Many years ago I was craving Lasagna big shells and gnocchi. So I precooked it the night before due to heat and as soon as set it in the refrigerator my water broke. My son is about 52% Italian and to this day that is actually his favorite meal.
I make the best lasagna 😅
Hates them all , shocking
Alessio needs. to understand that iItalian food in America was introduced by Italian immigrants that came over. in the late 1800s to. early 1900s. Most of those immigrants came from southern Italy. The flavors and recipes they brought with them are just going to be different from Northern Italian recipes. For example, Alessio keeps harping on fennel in the American. version of Italian sausage. It is likely that some of the immigrants that came here used their localized regional recipes to make sausage which included fennel. It could also be that they couldn't get certain ingredients here and had to make substitutions. Regardless, Americans came to associate fennel with Italian sausage because that was how it was introduced to them by their local Italian butcher shop. In regards to lasagna, the bechamel version is very much a northern Italian style. Southern Italy creates their lasagna quite differently. You. should check out the You Tube channel Pasta Grammar on their northern v southern Italian lasagna video.
who eats lasagna in a CAR ???????????????????
I've tried to make my own lasagna a few times. To me the secret is, I like a wet lasagna. You have to add a lot of sauce, a lot of meat. Put a few layers of mozzarella as well as ricotta in the middle and a lot of moz on the top. That's how I like my lasagna. Now maybe somebody else says, no that's wrong, I like it very dry with mostly just pasta. I guess we're all different.
When there are multiple different styles of lasagna in Italy, then none of them can called be the definitive "Authentic Italian Style." And this is true of all great cuisines, It is true of Mexican, Indian, and Chinese cooking too. Every province does it a little different and uses different ingredients. And then you bring that cuisine to America and "Americanize it" so it isn't anything like what you had back in Italy. In the end, everyone thinks something is authentic if it tastes just like their own mother made it. And we all had different mothers.
We had a party and an authentic italian woman made authentic lasagna…. It was nasty…. Lasagna noodles, ragu sauce, sprinkle of mozzarella cheese…… NO MEAT. Everyone just raved over it but it was a show…… it was not good.
@ThePasinis, You might love or hate my "Herne's Ten Cheese Lasagna." I use a slow-cooker pan that is about 13"x9"x5", with four layers of three noodles each. There are three sauce layers, two cheese layers, plus cheese on top. I know, you will say ricotta is not traditional. A lot is not. But it's what I used to impress dates and company. Mix two jars of Ragu Chunky Garden Style sauce together, the Extra Mushroom and Bell Pepper, and the Extra Tomato, Garlic, and Onion. The cheeses are all bagged, pre-grated, or powdered, so be prepared. Put in the bottom just sauce, then three noodles. Spread half a 15oz container of ricotta over them, sprinkle with Italian Seasoning and Basil, and add 4oz each of Extra Sharp Cheddar and Colby-Jack, with 6 oz of Six Cheese Italian Blend (which has Mozzarella, Provelone, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, and Fontina). You CAN mix in half a thawed package of spinach to the ricotta if you want, and you can also add powdered Par-Romano to these layers. Add the second layer of noodles, then more sauce, then the third layer of noodles, and another layer of cheese as just described, Add the last layer of noodles and sauce, then top that with the remaining 6 Cheese and some Mozzarella, and Par-Romano. Pour a cup and a half of merlot or pinot noir around the edges, and bake at 350F for an hour and a half, or till the noodles are completely done, and the cheese on top is browned. If you use cooked noodles, you won't be able to add the wine. Reduce the cooking time to 45 minutes, and raise the temp to 400F.
P.S. Thanks for not crapping on Olive Garden. I never understood why people enjoyed pooh-poohing food that at least tastes good.
Olive Garden's Lasagna always tastes burnt to me.
Do Brio/Bravo for lasagna….you'll thank me