Apparently America is the only English-speaking country that spells itlasagna.
Recently,Google Trendsreported “lasagne” saw a nearly 200% increase in searches within the United States.
Lasagna or Lasagne?
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It also means the cheesy-tomato casserole dish you know and love.
Oh, and the pronunciation buttons also sound the same for both spellings.
Lasagne with an “e” ending makes it plural.
“I believe lasagna is the one pasta dish we use the wrong form for.”
Spiers also pointed out we mess up Italian in the other direction, too.
Take Italian-pressed sandwiches (aka panini in the U.S.), for example.
“If you ordered panini in Italy, you’d get multiple sandwiches,” she says.
“One sandwich is a ‘panino,’ but we never use that form here.”
It is interesting to know the rest of the English-speaking world outside of our borders will spell it lasagne.
Does it have ricotta or bechamel?
Boiled or no-boil noodles?
We’ve got quite a few creative takes onlasagna recipesif you happen to be craving it now.
Or it’s possible for you to take a shot and makehomemade noodlesfor your grandma’s recipe.
