How to Make Lasagna Like an Italian | Northern vs. Southern Italian Lasagne Recipes

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How to Make Lasagna Like an Italian | Northern vs. Southern Italian Lasagne Recipes | Authentic Italian Lasagna
One of our most requested dishes is lasagna. But which one? Every region has its own version, although the two major varieties are alla Bolognese and alla Napoletana. We decided to make BOTH in an epic showdown between northern and southern Italian cuisine!
Let us know in the comments below which one looks tastier to you!
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[@lidianastasi9884]

Just finished viewing the Neapolitan lasagna. Incredible. I make the Bolognese version because it is “simple” and not too “rich” However, my full admiration goes to the lasagna alla napoletana. To you Eva my sincere compliments . You reflect Italy’s cooking in its true context even highlighting the different regions and commenting on its history (magnagrecia). I have yet to see good youtube Italian cooking videos made outside of Italy but I think that viewers can rely on pasta grammar. Brava. 👏👏Regards from Italy 🇮🇹

[@PastaGrammar]

Grazie mille per le tue splendide parole!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@lidianastasi9884]

@@PastaGrammar ti saluto da Roma.

[@PastaGrammar]

Dalla città più bella del mondo! ❤️

[@k.l.raffensparger5545]

Watch "The Italian Grandma".

[@mrmacguff1n]

Osaras recipes on KZbin has the best Italian Grandpa outside of Italy lol, he's right out of Central casting and I love him

[@DM-mt7km]

When Eva places the pasta in the dish to assemble the lasagna, it is like a mother covering her child at bedtime.

[@proper9617]

Facts ! I was putting an outfit together and I stopped to sit down and watch and all I can say was ummmmm

[@mangagod]

A cannibal mother, that child will be eaten with love

[@TrentBurrows]

Nonsense! You take far more care for the food...

[@winanderson4143]

Made with Amore, plain as that!

[@indiracamotim2858]

So true !!!! 😊

[@killkult]

Now I know why Italian families eat together on sundays because grandma went to so much trouble making it they don’t have the balls to say no to her ;-)

[@PastaGrammar]

😂

[@rousseautr]

Who would be so silly...🤔

[@sallykite2935]

I am half italian and my Italian grandmother made either spaghetti or lasagna every Sunday. I couldn't wait to eat there. And when she made spaghetti she had the best meatballs. I've never eaten any sauce or lasagna that could even come close to hers, not even in any Italian restaurant I've ever been to.

[@gregmasters8558]

@@sallykite2935 is ur granny Italian american?

[@whisperingsage]

And she's pushy about it. My mother always said "Mangia mangia!"

[@strayparticles]

What some people don't realize about the green pasta... Pasta - Green Cheese/Besciamella - White Ragu - Red And thus you have the Italian national colors.

[@christopherluvsaidan67]

Yes indeed 🇮🇹 ❤❤❤

[@angmaraboli6511]

Seriously, who in the world HASN'T realised that?

[@lindacapen500]

@@angmaraboli6511 me. Glad I learned something today.

[@premiumyum3025]

just like margherita pizza!

[@juniperthewolf5624]

Wow. It didn't hit me til I saw the cheeses being sliced, but.....my grandparents on my mom's side were from Italy (Grandfather from Napoli & Grandmother from Sicilia) and I grew up in Oregon. When I was 10 years old, my grandfather took me to Brooklyn to visit his friends and some family members whom I had never met. His friend's took us to what felt like a hundred different shops for meats and cheeses and I remembered being confused about all the meat and cheese we were getting when she said we were having lasagna for dinner. All I remember was that was the best food, to this day, that I had ever had. And now I understand why... They passed away some time ago and this memory just became super vibrant in my mind. Crying a little bit. Thank you.

[@PastaGrammar]

❤️❤️❤️

[@thomass5169]

That was awesome, thanks for sharing that moment with your family.

[@pompe221]

10:44 "This meat is just for flavor." "So there's no actual meat in the lasagne?" "YES. That's why we need to cook more meat." I'm dying.

[@thepinoychoppingboard1012]

I was like 😱🤯 when she said those meats are just for flavor. And I was more like 🤯🤯🤯🤯 when she said that's why they need to cook more meats. 😅

[@Mav_F]

Put the meat in it. I couldnt watch the video after a few minutes but for extra flavour you cook beef and pork mince in the sauce after browning it.

[@PastaGrammar]

@Mav F Not in Neapolitan ragù! 🤷‍♂️

[@snukkelpuppie]

That was hilarious. I’m still drying my eyes.

[@FireSwan16t]

Where has this been all my life? Thank-you! Now I will save up so I can make a proper decent lasagne.

[@LeMayJoseph]

I just can't help but be extremely charmed by how giggly Eva gets when she tastes her dishes and knows she's made something exquisite.

[@johnsperka2253]

Spot on! Compare her face here and her face trying black bean so called pasta.

[@oshie789]

Of course she does. She laboured over that shit for literal hours. It's her culinary baby.

[@theouthousepoet]

100%

[@jamc666]

That's the time when she was back in Italy ...

[@tdbarton7712]

Eva's humble delight at the wonderful tastes of Italy crafted in their kitchen spilled over all of us. She's a joy.

[@douglasplachy4577]

When I was in college I studied Architecture in Italy back in '79-80 and I had stopped at a very small restaurant in northern Italy and ordered Lasagna. It was made with the green spinach pasta and to this day over 40 years later, it is the best lasagna I have ever had. For the next several months I ordered lasagna all over Italy but never found any that matched the green lasagna I had back in December 1979. Thank you so much for making this dish and allowing me to relive a wonderful life experience from when I was young. Buon Appetito!

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

Those very small restaurants are like hidden gems! The best pasta experience I've ever had was at a beautiful countryside restaurant in northern Italy, La Panoramica, with beautiful outdoor seating. While we were still eating the local mushroom man arrived in his van to deliver forest-gathered musheooms to the ristorante.

[@arlenerodriguez4314]

First, let me say it is an absolute joy watching Eva cook. I mean, she cooks with such "Elegance". I especially appreciate her reactions after she takes her 1st bites. It's truly heartwarming. Her whole face lights up. Kudos to Harper, who films & edits these AWESOME vids. He does such a great job when editing and adding the music. PERFECT!! And, my goodness, those lasagnas are just too "BEAUTIFUL!" Thank you for all you do to bring us these FABULOUS vids!! Arlene

[@aliciarm3200]

When he said, “worth the work WE put in all day” and she gave him the side eye... I felt that

[@1SherryAshley]

You noticed that too...LOL

[@food7753]

I cringed when he said that just before I saw her reaction XD

[@damexipino]

All the filming and editing,maybe?

[@unbought6058]

Hey he was there cheering her on. Moral support.

[@mississippiqueen2u]

I have him the side eye too! Like..... really?!?

[@AntimatePcCustom]

Im starting to get why italian boy and men love their mother.

[@antoniiocaluso4387]

And our women :-) That is...if they do NOT get...Americano-FAT. Takes alot of lovemaking to stay fit. Thankfully :-)

[@AntimatePcCustom]

@@antoniiocaluso4387 that's true. but the Italian bond between a man and his mother is not to be underestimated. and this video truly struck me as a culture shock and one big reason why it's said men love there mother. and no woman will ever match that love and bond. they may try and may get close. but it's never the same. Italian culture ftw. went to Rome for a week with a school trip. but i was broke AF. so had like 70 euro. ended up buying a neckless for my gf at that time she broke 2 days after she got it. and 2 wonderful wine from nearby area of Rome as presents for my parents. but man was my eating habits bad. Wednesday i had nothing but cheap breakfast, and digestives and tap water all day. but only used 30 euro on food and presents in the heart of Italy that week. so never got close to how it is to how it was to be Italian.

[@antoniiocaluso4387]

@antimatepccustom > don't believe the HYPE, friend. Son's love their Mamma's, no matter from where. IF...their parents love them properly! The "Italianos" you imagined are those from post-WWII, when retaining their families was a matter of survival. Before little screens replaced the wisdom of listening to one's elders, & having REAL friends, not just FB ones. I'd have suggested a more REAL Italian experience than Rome, too. I'm from Pavia, Lombardia, now in SW FL, USA. Folks visit Disneyworld, imagining they've seen Florida. Nope :-) La Mia Italia takes years to discover, as any Place. Rick Steve's, & the Tourist Industries would convince you otherwise. Better if you'd met an Italians sweetheart rather to have brought your own. Next time! Buona Fortuna! btw...you did learn some Italiano before going there, right? You'll be treated like a tourist, if you do not. Way of the world, friend. Me, I want to sail my catamaran to Suriname, to experience something totally unique.

[@etdaiz2269]

I would love anyone's mamma if it got me cooking like that!

[@monkeygraborange]

I spent all day yesterday cooking Christmas dinner for my 88 year old mother so she doesn't go near the microwave. While she doesn't have the energy to cook much for herself anymore, she can still pack it away when it comes to the traditional dishes!

[@sarahferrari1802]

Sono di Modena e vedere come Eva ha fatto le lasagne alla bolognese mi ha emozionato. Esattamente come le mie nonne le hanno sempre preparate! 4 ore solo per il ragù, almeno 6 ore per creare questo piatto per far felici le persone che ami, perché per noi italiani la cucina è questo: non solo cibo ma dimostrazione di amore . Grazie Eva sei fantastica;)

[@Ivehadenuff]

Ciao from the USA!

[@ThatKid22101]

I'm so glad for Google translate cause I relate so much to this, I like cooking to bring joy and share a beautiful experience with people I love and appreciate, there is no greater feeling than seeing someone's face light up when you've made something delicious. I don't have any Italian in me but I would love to have a big family to cook for one day.

[@lisaholmes2355]

In our family, my Mum used to say that love is a very important part of the recipe, so sing, think of wonderful memories and remember that your heart and hands are always a part of the meal (so don't skimp). Watching Eva's touch while she is cooking (her lovely HANDS) and her beautiful smile when they shared each bite of the lasagna brought tears to my eyes because I can see that her heart and soul are present in every movement in her food preparation and the delight that it was so appreciated. Ten Star Plus

[@thossi09]

Your mum's right on. Also, what's the point of cooking if you're not having fun?

[@maryellenbowman2738]

Nobody seems to mention that Harper is a really good videographer and editor. Watching Eva make the 2nd lasagne gave us a literal religious experience.

[@donsnow4564]

100% I kept thinking, wow this editing, flow and music is better than most food network shows I watch. Throughly enjoyed. I love their reactions to the final product. Like my wife and I when we cook and find a winner recipe. Great food is life changing.

[@jodane6186]

Yes. It's very high quality.

[@ohnoyce]

All the way down to the angels singing in the background music!

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I tend to forget about the videography, but you're absolutely right. It's just like you'd get on a professional cookery programme on television

[@spongemonkeysooz]

It's funny how you don't really notice... unless it's very good, like this, or very bad. Will they be on the Food Network soon? I like it this way, so I hope it stays like this, at home and traveling. Show more family time and grilling in the yard. 🤔 Show Harper's dad and Ava's mom cooking. If only we could taste the finished creations... Mama Mia 😋😘🤩

[@deehermione943]

I'm going to stop saying I don't care for pasta, because CLEARLY I have never had anything close to actual pasta in my entire life. This looks amazing!

[@ivansimonetto8957]

Eva made this dish putting the right ingredients and love in making this recipe This is very important for the final result I sometimes make lasagne on Sunday and I like to see the face of my family and my guests when they have their first taste - I work for some hours only for these few seconds

[@ricatoni2]

I argued with my exwife about purchasing a paata making machine and the real ingredients ! Waa a small fortune ..who knew how much better it would be ! Best paata in flavor was unbeatable!!

[@nosferatussister4903]

Omg her genuine laughter, the pride and excitement in her eyes! Eva you’re incredible!

[@cruisey9857]

Wow, I just stumbled upon this channel and I’m almost teary. My great nonna of 99 would cook these dishes, 4’9 hunched over with her crooked arthritic fingers every day, mainly the southern versions. As my family is from and still is in Calitri. When I saw the pine nuts and raisins go in the braciola I nearly lost it. She would put pine nuts or raisins in her meatballs too. Ive been separated from my Italian brethren for too long. I’m from northern NJ but now I’m Tennessee. Whenever our huge family gets together usually for Xmas all we do is talk about Italy, and the food and our late family members while we eat something from everyone that brought food. And seeing/hearing Ava, all that beautiful dark brunette hair and brown eyes is easy on the eyes it made me yearn for home. No Italians in Tennessee, it makes me want to move back to Jersey but it’s not such a good state at the moment. I miss hearing my family members that immigrated here, their Italian accent and how they would always talk to the kids in Italian until we got it. I hope to find someone I can share my heritage with like this, it’s a fading art. Thanks for these videos!

[@NiqueSumthinViscious]

I felt this immensely in my spirit. I'm Puerto Rican though also from Northern NJ and moved to Wisconsin 9 years ago. I so can relate. My grandmother passed when I was 15 and we didn't have youtube at the time, only learned a select few recipes by memory but everything else I learned as I got older. I too wish I had someone I could share and collaborate recipes and culture with because out her it's lacking. 😔

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing. Keep looking, sometimes you can find the grandchildren of Italian immigrants in Appalachia. They don't have the memories or accent but they hold on to their Italian heritage.

[@cruisey9857]

@@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Thank you!

[@dinushapathirana6065]

Eva was like she's close to tears after eating . It was so wholesome

[@KeithHedger]

I love this woman! A really great cook and as you point out she SO enjoys good food. This Harper guy is a really lucky man!

[@Alewort]

She has every reason to be bursting with pride.

[@qcdoomqc]

@@Alewort Not only that, but I assume this brings back memories from Italy :) Absolutely amazing recipe. My own "big day" lasagna recipe very much resembles the Bolognese one, except I use Pecorino instead of Parmigiano. I just love Pecorino lol.

[@gia9551]

@@qcdoomqc pecorino is god forever

[@tammycenter8757]

Yeah she waited ten hours to eat that gourmet food.

[@quincyfry6569]

The happiness on her face when she has those first bites...so much emotion!

[@kingofbrushes]

I've been binge watching this channel and I have to say that Eva is pulling off some hardcore grandma's heritage local recipes, I've been living my whole life in Italy and I've never heard of lasagne napoletane!

[@mamashanshan2772]

She is the best soul, and she’s sharing soul foods!! She’s such a delight!! Much love to all!! Absolutely love authentic foods, she absolutely lifted me up!!

[@PastaGrammar]

Grazie mille! ❤️❤️❤️

[@ndth214]

why am i sitting here at 3 am crying tears over assembly of lasagna?? soo beautiful

[@PastaGrammar]

Thank you!!!

[@peterwickham9984]

I feel the same way!

[@momo-cchi5978]

Watching Eva make that Northern lasagna was a religious experience in and of itself! 😭💘💘💘

[@ubaldoa.rosario1832]

Those pasta making sequences deserve an Oscar.

[@brownbetty3546]

Eva prepare lasagna like a brain surgeon so methodical.

[@breadhouse3951]

look at iranian bread too, its exciting 🤩🤩

[@MrJonnyTapas]

I am so excited to see that there are still people on this planet who know how to make lasagna. I am a Chef and I refuse to serve it. Labor is well labor. I also refuse to cut corners. My family asks for it more than any other dish. I think they know it takes all day. Maybe they like to hang out with dad for a day. Maybe they like an exceptional lasagna. Probably both! Thank you so much for this display!

[@huggledemon32]

As soon as Ava starts grinning, giggling and waving her hands around, you KNOW she loves it!🤷‍♀️🥰👍🏻😂

[@mhordijk0871]

After seeing tv-"chefs" preparing Italian dishes the quick-and-easy way for the last 2 decades, it's refreshing to see them made in the traditional way. Makes so much more sense.

[@ldg2655]

Yes, it is more satisfying to get down to grass-roots cooking..

[@mhordijk0871]

@@ldg2655 yeah. Cutting corners to save time isn't my way of cooking anymore. Take some time and put some effort in and you'll taste the love.

[@stevyd]

When a family includes grandma, aunts, and maybe even a cousin or two, these recipes are easier to prepare and make. Grandma also makes sure the recipe stays exactly as she learned it at her grandma's knee and so recipes pass down unchanged through the generations becoming longtime family classics.

[@christinamarie589]

Exactly nobody on KZbin cooks like Eva!

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@stevyd "unchanged" my ass

[@hamzahtufail7926]

I love how the southern lasagne comes with a built in "snack" because it take soo long to make.

[@Pepella]

The meat would be the second course AFTER you eat the lasagna... Yeah: if that sounds like a lot of food, it's because it is 😂 But oh so delicious :D

[@GregJoshuaW]

I'm sure this version came from someone first making the meat dish and a long time ago, some wise cook reserved the ragu after cooking the meat and used that in other dishes. There's no way they would cook that much meat simply to discard it (originally at least).

[@FrancescoContini-effepunto]

@@GregJoshuaW there's no discarding whatsoever. Southern Lasagna, most commonly known as Timballo, is a sunday or festive dish, so the whole preparation is meant for the family, and I'm talking 12 to 30 people. Usually there will be leftovers, that is because food must always be more than guests can possibly eat: it would be considered unacceptable to have somebody leaving the table hungry. The leftovers then are distributed to the family members and eaten in the following days.

[@Pluveus]

@@Pepella Even though it would never work like this because of how medieval economies worked, you could easily see this as a whole day dish. wake up, have breakfast, start the Ragu. Around lunch time the meat comes out and is perfect for a hearty meal after working all morning, and by evening the Lasagna is ready for dinner.

[@GregJoshuaW]

@@FrancescoContini-effepunto I love it! Hopefully some day I'll be able to experience this myself with my family over there. We just need 4 seats. :) lol

[@firpo417]

Ava's face lighting up after a bite, you can see the happy memories that are rushing through her head in her eyes. Such a joy to see

[@davidesantillo889]

Eva not ava 😠

[@KeltoiMagus]

I'm surprised the food network hasnt picked you up already. My grandparents were from Italy and it's a lot like my growing up to watch Eva Cook and I like how she teaches, just like grandma. You two do a good show not just good food.

[@westyw.4235]

Eva - Stirring 12 lbs of various meat in crock pot..."this is the lighter version" Lol

[@comonbabylightmyfireburn]

Eva doesn't just cook like a Boss, She is The BOSS! what a fantastic Italian chef. Thanks for showing how to cook so many Real Italian dishes!

[@corygriffith6012]

I was inspired by your video. I took the time this past Sunday to make lasagna alla bolognese for my family of seven. It's amazing how hours worth of effort can disappear in forty minutes! It was truly the best lasagna I've ever had. The joy that comes from you, I could feel, and experience that joy with my family as we ate together. Thank you!

[@mishal5220]

The only place in the entire youtube universe where the comment section isn't filled with pissed off Italians

[@bstancam]

This is because they do it correctly!

[@NevG27]

Still is, they're just pissed off at _other_ _people's_ videos

[@bringingtolightnj9127]

Hahaha !.... That's because we're talking about good food, no politics.

[@metalfuckincore1]

You know why? Because she is italian, and she knows how to do it.. 😁

[@Silvianamo]

@@metalfuckincore1 High five!

[@alexandercolic405]

The segment where Ava was assembling the Southern style with the cathedral music was sublime...I honestly had a spiritual moment and my left eye may have begun to water a little. It was beautiful.

[@PastaGrammar]

Thank you!

[@MarkmanOTW]

Ah, not just me then Alexander. I had a moment too!

[@Pops6185]

I know, right. I was saying to myself, yes that does look heavenly.

[@essaywhu]

@@PastaGrammar What is the track with the whistling? It’s awesome.

[@savaranola611]

@@essaywhu I would like to know as well, I heard it before but cannot remember. I think is Russian, but I am not certain.

[@yellodragon]

What I get from this, when you made lasagna in Italy, it was a big deal! There was lots of love in it. I love how happy Eva was to taste her creations. Her joy is infectious.

[@rossorlandi5173]

I grew up in the Lazio region and remember well when my zie made Lasagna and it's the Napolitan version I love the most! But I also love the Northern version which is less complicated to prepare.🇮🇹❤️💪 FORZA ITALIA.

[@Kjell777Iverson]

Bro you won the lottery when you married this woman.

[@donnmerchant4654]

Imagine being her favorite grandchild.

[@mariocarino5215]

I was thinking the same exact thing.

[@whisperingsage]

Granted , there are several cultures that have excellent cooks, the challenge is picking ONE. I have had the joy of working with many of these folks in hospitals, and they always are plying me with food at lunchtime, and they have all expanded my palate of experience.

[@carltomacruz9138]

Actually, Harper's parents were students of Eva's, in an Italian language school in Italy. They took a liking to her, and invited her to visit the US and meet Harper. And the rest is history...

[@wendylouwho2811]

@@gwailou5 her beauty inside far out weighs any outer beauty. Outer beauty fades anyway. But a ugly heart and someone with a ugly soul such as yours will always be. Her beauty shines inside which in turn shines outside and that makes her even more beautiful than any beauty queen any day.

[@therandomstranger3951]

When Eva is so happy she turns red, you can tell the food is good.

[@wagzz]

This woman is a treasure. On a side note I was dying laughing when she said "yes that's why why we need more meat"

[@dpsschafer]

This appeared in my feed…and oh my god I’m glad it did. What a great video from top to bottom. Efficient editing, solid audio and camera work, the hosts are awesome, and good lord that food. I’m excited to watch more, thanks! It’s refreshing to see an actual Italian person cooking. None of this, “my great grandmothers sisters husbands father was from Italy……so I know Italian food….”

[@__seeker__]

“Calories from the South are not real calories. They disappear.” - Eva

[@PastaGrammar]

😉😉😉😉

[@Villosite]

I mean they looked exhausted after cooking those dishes, that might be where the calories went lol

[@Engwayave]

But it's the cholesterol that stays lol

[@KenNakajima07]

People: "you cannot just make happiness." -Eva: "Are you sure about that?"

[@mollyjoy7820]

Those dishes looked like happiness wrapped in love!

[@j.q.higgins2245]

- Eva: "Hold my Chianti..." "... and don't move for the next 10 hours!"

[@KenNakajima07]

@@j.q.higgins2245 -Harper proceeds to finish the Chianti.

[@DavidHoffmanTrumpet]

This took me back to all the time I have spent in Italy. It’s not only the food, it’s the joy that comes with sharing it. To see both of you eating the finished product is some thing that I rarely see in the United States, but saw it every day in Italy. Now I want to go back yet again.

[@stanleytanzini7044]

Eva is the real deal there are some great Italian cooks on online, after watching most of them, Eva is the one who really cooks world class Italian dishes from scratch no short cuts and she knows and understands all the ingredients and what they are incorporated in the dish for, she is an amazing cook/ chef ... has to be the best I have ever witnessed.

[@sanderkonings9057]

Eva couldn't help but blushing from ear to ear when tasting the lasagna bolognese and then maybe even more so when tasting the lasagna from Napoli. She was happy and maybe a bit surprised that it turned out exceeding expectations. It was a very moving moment indeed... Thank You for letting us be part of that raw emotion!

[@PastaGrammar]

❤❤❤

[@CAMarg-zs1xq]

I saw that too and loved it!

[@aaronjasper4610]

All the Italian grandmas are finally happy! 🤣

[@karlm1495]

Not granmas only... xD

[@kanikagaral7637]

Dude I am happy and I ain't even Italian. It's something else watching a dish made properly in authentic style.

[@DashsChannel]

And so is Garfield

[@peacequeen2579]

You are just the most adorable people. I grew up helping my grandmother cook like this and now I cook like this. Loved watching this!

[@uberkitsch3928]

The pure joy you both express is heartwarming! Beautiful. Thank you both so much. I will be in the kitchen all day tomorrow.

[@Vorpal_Wit]

If "green" pasta is blowing his mind, imagine what squid ink pasta is going to do to him.

[@charlespipitone2324]

My Sicilian grandmother would make the 2nd kind. Napoli. BUT Would add hard boiled eggs, and peas. Dee lish OUS Then the meat used to make that sauce, was a separate plate. She always cooked for an army every Sunday, and holiday. ....... you never know who was going to show up for dinner. She was always ready for jesus. And the 12 apostles to join us for dinner

[@chrisgavin2794]

Yessss my family added the hard boiled eggs too. Which, now I don’t care for in my lasagne lol

[@whisperingsage]

And if there were leftovers those were always a joy.

[@charlespipitone2324]

@@whisperingsage barely any leftovers

[@CAMarg-zs1xq]

That's beautiful...she sounds like a wonderful person

[@douglasvilledarling2935]

My great grandparents came from Trapani, Sicily. My mom always added boiled eggs and black olives. I have never had lasagna as good as my mom's.

[@erickfernando8098]

The chemistry these two have is what keeps me watching lol I love it!

[@jamesdoucette55]

The only food video i have seen that actually made me cry! It looks so beautiful! My grandmother used to make the southern lasgna on special occasions, but it was the northern version that made me cry.

[@tomo9126]

So, I'm 5 minutes into this video and realize that I've never had lasagna. I thought I was having it many times over my 53 years, but, no, not even close.

[@PastaGrammar]

😂😂😂😂

[@stevenschultz8678]

I totally agree !!! This blew my mind .. The Napoli is so mouthwatering

[@lynnarthur1411]

IKR? 😀

[@akatsukimi]

Just make it at home. So simple and good.

[@frugephoto2191]

I've been making what I was told to be authentic lasagna my whole life and I just realized I was lied to. The ricotta being the biggest difference. I've never made a bolognese for my lasagna but I will be now.

[@Zizi9673]

Italian cooking is truly a labour of love.

[@erikaterlini3093]

Absolutly 😊 You don't spend hours in the kitchen for your own pleasure. It's a way to show love and care to your family, a way to see them joyful and pleased eating something delicious all together.

[@Awesumpye25]

@@erikaterlini3093 Mexican cooking too.

[@ligitanims6840]

@@Awesumpye25 i agree i’m mexican and i LIVE for asada and al pastor with lime juice and cilantro

[@MrPeterMerkin]

My wife just made the Bolognese lasagne! It was amazingly good! Great recipe! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@timothytikker1147]

This, of all your videos, takes the prize for the very happiest that we see Eva -- first when presenting the assembled lasagne before baking, but all the much more so when she tastes each of them!

[@gregm17]

God bless this woman! She is a treasure! You are so lucky to have her. I hope you truly appreciate her. 🇮🇹

[@midnyteblues]

Eva is practically crying because the food was so delicious. So humble, fun, and passionate. I am sooo glad I found this channel. Keep up the great work!!!

[@PastaGrammar]

Thank you!

[@Bahia320]

Guys, guys, guys, Brava! Bravo! This the first video of yours that I have watched. The Italian and the American. I love the Italian accent! When you guys tasted the 2 lasagna, it was so lovely. Lasagna is Love, Family, Joy. I almost thought you were going to cry, and I know that feeling. I love food also! My French teacher in high school and his wife, were actually from Italy. He from Turin in the North, and she from Sicily in the south. He had a totally immersive class and they had a catering business, so he would either cook for us in class, or bring in leftovers from their weekend catering business! He taught us fine dining, opera, history and culture. With a previous job I used to get to Milano and Roma quite often, and have been to Firenze and Venezia piously. Omg, I luv Italy so much!! Thank you for this brilliant video!! oh, they also had a little canollli shop called Cipolli Canolli. So good!!! The last time I saw them was at Bafana. Such a lovely couple! I once got to attend Lo Schiaccianoci at La Scala on opening night! Omg!

[@jaygarcia7478]

Thank you both for sharing this. I’m gonna try it this weekend

[@10kae]

In all my years of life I never thought I would see a Lasagna layering technique as beautiful as the Neapolitan

[@urbanwarrior3470]

looked a bit dry on top

[@firstnamelastname4427]

@@urbanwarrior3470 Yeah I kept thinking it looked like it would dry out once cooked. I'd definitely use more sauce than that. I'm also not crazy about bechamel sauce. I would probably make this with my usual ricotta/parmesan and egg mixture instead of the bechamel.

[@urbanwarrior3470]

@@firstnamelastname4427 bechamel only works in lasagna. It's a weird taste. But it works.

[@1911Zoey]

@@firstnamelastname4427 bechamel is good. Try having a bit of nutmeg in it. ^^

[@lafurrina]

A Neapolitan friend told me that Neapolitan lasagna is so rich in ingredients because in Naples it was used to make it at Carnival. Basically a celebration before starting the quarantine (40 days before Easter).

[@meridegreis5185]

I guess you meant Lent (Quaresima) and the period we’re living drove you to this Freudian slip... 😉

[@lafurrina]

@@meridegreis5185 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣yes ... sorry ... Lent, evidently my quarantine lasted too long🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hoathanatos6179]

@@meridegreis5185 Well Quarantine developed in English from the Italian practice of naval isolation established by the Venetians during the bubonic plague. A Quarantine is a period of 40 days (quaranta giorni) that a ship had to stay in harbour before its contents and crew would be allowed into a city.

[@AsmodeusMictian]

All of you have made me smile with this exchange, AND the history lesson!!!

[@CrimsonRaven51]

You mean fasting, not quarantine.

[@phshon]

You two are amazing. Eva cooks, you narrate and taste, it warms my heart. I’m so happy I stumbled across you channel, both of them.

[@gregmunro1137]

It makes my heart so happy to see Eva, giddy with joy and pure excitement with the creation of her different lasagnas . Just by her excitement, you know it’s going to taste wonderful!!

[@AcadianGiles]

My kids are gonna take it really hard when Daddy tells them they can't have a playroom anymore, because Daddy needs to double the size of his kitchen, now.

[@1911Zoey]

Just teach them to cook. Its still gonna be the playroom but a different one.

[@octavia88]

You don't really need huge spaces 😀 just use any available table to make pasta. Old nonnas in Italy didn't have huge kitchens, hon!

[@dreadwibble]

This video inspired me to make fresh spinach pasta for the first time in my life (almost 50 years old): recipe was easy to follow and made perfect pasta. My family were incredibly happy with the lasange I made today. 10/10 for the recipe and guidance. Thanks for the videos: they are superb.

[@PastaGrammar]

Glad to hear that!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@dalilahysc7152]

oh you are brave...i am watching and I want to so bad but the fear of screwing it up makes me feel defeated...awesome!

[@chaddaifouche536]

@@dalilahysc7152 It's really hard to screw up your lasagna (Bolognese version because the Neapolitan version looks quite insane). Find a good recipe (this one here is good) and just follow it. You may have to adjust a bit on the thickness of the sauce, the time and so on but even your first version will very likely be extremely nice.

[@epmcgee]

Honestly, I watched this to learn more about traditional Italian lasagne as opposed to any version I've ever had or made, and my biggest takeaway is that I want to make spinach pasta and will likely adopt it for my lasagne from now on if it's this good.

[@epmcgee]

@@dalilahysc7152 in terms of making pasta, it's not that difficult. This is an extremely simple recipe that you could practically only mess up by overworking, and it's easy to tell when you've gotten the right consistency so even overworking is a minimal concern. The other thing is that if you don't try and mess up you can't ever get it right. In a study to determine what improves the efficiency in production and final quality, two groups were told to make pottery. One group was told they would be graded on the quantity they produce, even if their quality was poor. The other was told they will only pass if they make one perfect pot. In the end, the team that spent their time consistently working on the pottery not only ended up producing a far larger quantity, but they produced several pots of a higher quality than those who were given time to play around with theory. In other words, you will only get better by doing. If you're still worried about messing up, change the quantity of the recipe. Instead of making the normal amount, start by making 1/2 and see how that goes. Anyway, I hope you end up trying some new things! Just because you might not succeed and first doesn't mean you will never succeed.

[@piasandgren3349]

I love Evas laugh when she eats at the end! That's how you know it's good. I myself sing to myself when something is really good.

[@lourdesSant]

I just watched this video @ 8:00am and now I want these lasagnas for breakfast! They look so amazing and Eva's giggly happy reactions to her own cooking is a priceless.

[@TheAnonCritique]

09:35, 'Actually we're missing something.', then proceed to realise that she was not joking.

[@Hastdupech8509]

Damn Eva, you're so good that even Northern Italians are complimenting on you for the lasagne alla bolognese despite you not being from the North. You've managed to make all the Italians here go along with each other about food issues😯

[@tommasovignola7245]

È la volta buona che risolviamo la questione meridionale col derby delle lasagne preparate da una calabrese in America! 🤣🤣🤣 pensa quanto siamo stupidi...

[@Hastdupech8509]

@@tommasovignola7245 Vero. Magari tra altri 150 anni ci considereremo uniti, ma solo per litigare col resto degli Stati Uniti d'Europa hahahaha

[@teekotrain6845]

I want to try the northern version simply because I generally have those ingredients

[@sarazoni2965]

Garibaldi Made Italy, Eva Made Italians in The name of Lasagne

[@michelealbanese3261]

@@tommasovignola7245 solo voi rendete viva la questione meridionale

[@SCARROLL79]

Oh gosh I can’t wait to make these. Thank you so so much for sharing the authentic recipes! You both are so fun to watch too!

[@evdorsey]

I WILL be making these both! Thanks for what you do!

[@mollyjoy7820]

I actually teared up when Eva was gently wrapping her lasagne...such love! Amazing video, great editing, precious duo.

[@chazbell754]

This is the way I was taught to make lasagna,at my job for ten years or so working at Raffael's restaraunt in Kingsport,TN. It's the real deal for Italian cooking. It's worth putting the time into making these. I made 3 at a time,when needed. I too can taste the cheapness of Italian food made by Americans! It is a labor of love to them."Italians". Americans, just shove anything in our faces! I'm American,but cook like an Italian. No joke. I take pride in being taught to do something "right"instead of rushing thru,just to get it done,type mentality!

[@LadyMitcly]

Oh Eva, you’re excitement & passion for food is brilliant…..I’ve seen a lot of chefs/cooks make Italian food, but you….no one has your passion, brava!

[@graceandglamor]

Eva’s bolognese and fresh pasta recipes are now my go-to and my WHOLE family loves it. Can’t wait to try the lasagne bolognese.

[@eviljoy8426]

*Lasagne Alla Bolognese

[@omniavideo3151]

Go for it. Trust Eva absolutely, her recipes are true to true Italian tradition, no fakes, no strange versions, no nodding to American tastes at all. Brava Eva!

[@PastaGrammar]

Grazie!

[@graceandglamor]

@Into_The_Sun yes, making the pasta can be hard because i don’t have the counter space to roll it all out at once. I am going to try getting some butcher paper and rolling it on my table next time.

[@manuelias86]

Lolz my wife made my buddy and I stir a ragu for 3 hours🤣 we ended up taking turns, but it was worth it.

[@evdances]

I love how the bolognese lasagna has all the colors of the Italian flag 🇮🇹

[@alessandrobusetto8409]

You are first and only person to have noticed it!!! 🇮🇹 😘

[@GuidoOrefice76]

I never noticed that, also because it is quite normal to see lasagne alla bolognese made with egg white fresh pasta, even in Bologna (spinach pasta is, today, quite a fancy thing, for the major occurrences ;). Anyway, there is of course a dish which was designed explicitly to resemble, with its colours, the Italian flag: pizza Margherita, invented in honour of a visit of Queen Margherita to Napoli. That's why it is quite a sacrilege to skip basil when making it (and I saw this thing many times outside Italy).

[@ticolino1]

Nice to see how Eva smiles when she tries her own food. A good cook always recognizes a good product!

[@dnmurphy48]

The food looks amazing, but the smile on her face while she ate the lasagne was just wonderful

[@steveyoung7249]

you are a lucky man my friend...

[@ascendantmaster]

Yes you are!

[@maedixon36]

I concur

[@kieranjanczur8069]

I think she's pretty lucky as well if you know the story of how they met!

[@broodingstone958]

@@kieranjanczur8069 What is the story? I just accidentally found this channel.

[@kieranjanczur8069]

@@broodingstone958 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4DNi5ebitWMf9U&ab_channel=PastaGrammar

[@veecee3669]

I'm Italian, my parents were born in Italy; they're gone now, but when I watch your channel, I feel them with me, and I smile. Thank you both, and Eva, your cooking is the real deal, so much more authentic than the so called "Italian" chefs on KZbin. I've liked and subscribed, and will see you every Sunday. 😊

[@valerieneal2747]

MEMORIES OF THOSE TIMES IN YOUR LIFE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU TO KEEP YOU STRONG; IT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE HAD PARENTS SUCH AS YOURS.

[@veecee3669]

@Valerie Neal. Thank you for your thoughtful and kind words, they're much appreciated!

[@Ivehadenuff]

I love this channel! It brings back memories. My aunt used to make bracciole when I was a child back in the 1960’s. She was born in Rome and was an amazing cook. My aunt made the best tortellini in brodo. My family used to buy our homemade tortellini from old Italian ladies who lived “down the cape” (Cape Cod). We drove 2 hours to get them! I learned Italian in college and have been lucky enough to have visited Italy a few times.

[@ronaldzeoli7528]

I love her expression when she first-time try's each dish. She is so happy and passionate about what she's made. Like a true Italian. It makes me so happy to be born a Italian . Food is passionate

[@wendytube007]

Eva waving her arms and laughing when she tasting the dishes at the end it makes me so happy, that is pure food joy

[@EdgarCarlosDuarteAguilar]

12:19 Eva is like "We?"

[@carolzangari5879]

My Italian grandmother made her laasgna with hard boiled eggs between layers

[@skibidi.G]

😂

What lovely, genuine people. How lucky I am to have found this channel. I’ve always been a happy foodie, watching heaps of KZbin videos… but this is different. Eva and Harper have me feeling genuinely EXCITED about making Italian food, and tasting it’s elements. Also, I don’t get the feeling they are there and I am here; I feel I’m in their kitchen, at their table with a fork in my hand, too. Their quiet passion is the first ingredient, followed by integrity. That’s it. I’m going off to cook something.

[@dappledsunshine]

This is amazing! The Napoletana is very close to how my grandmother (who was also from Italy) used to make her spaghetti sauce (or whatever pasta you want to use) but she'd put in huge chunks of italian sausage, beef, pork, and pepperoni and put in cans of whole peeled tomatoes with all the juice - I mean so much meat and sauce that it had to be made in two HUGE pots and it would simmer ALL DAY LONG until the tomatoes totally broke down into a rich dark and thick sauce!! Then at about hour 6.5 or 7, she'd make giant fist-sized meatballs and toss them straight in the sauce (no pre-cooking!) and let the sauce cook them all the way through for an hour to an hour and a half. She did put sugar in it to neutralize the acidity as well. I tell you what, the house smelled SOOOOO GOOOOOD that by suppertime we were all ravenous. But it's totally right - it DOES need that full 8 hours to cook so that the meat releases all those flavors into the sauce. She taught this to my mom who taught it to both me and my daughter - so amazing and to this day I've never had a better pasta sauce!! I never thought of using it in a lasagne before, but now I will! Oh and the meatballs get so much flavor from the sauce that everyone fights over them and they're the first meats to be eaten out of the whole sauce every time LOL!! Thank you so much for making this video and stirring such wonderful memories

[@BELCAN57]

After visiting Italy a few years ago I've come to realize that there is Italian American food (which I was raised on), and then there's Italian food and never the two shall meet. Thanks for showing us real Italian cuisine.

[@luissorsini]

Which is not a bad thing necessarily, I believe. Italian American food has its own dignity and even if it's not authentic Italian and maybe not my taste, it still has so much history in it. It's part of the Italian-American heritage.

[@BELCAN57]

@@luissorsini Absolutely, after all, I was raised on Italian American dishes. It's just that once you've had "the real thing" you realize that there's a big difference. Just like Americanized Chinese food and authentic cuisine.

[@MissElisabelle]

As an Italian, even though I dislike most Italian-American dishes, I still respect them, because they're part of both of our cultures! When Italians emigrated mostly from Southern Italy to the U.S., they had to deal with a whole different continent, which offered different resources too, so they created the variations that we know today, and that most Americans love. Food is food, the only thing I hate is gatekeeping, and Italians do that a lot.

[@louiselasinski7623]

Food in Italy can't be beat !

[@WastedTalent83]

eh.. if you knew how us italians feel, whenever the foreigner "italian" food get called like that. AND the even worse feeling when , since people are used to that, sometimes they prefer that to the original. which is totally heart breaking XD

[@robertsimon6985]

The six people who disliked this must be eating Totinos Pizza Rolls right now.

[@katemorgan4690]

There’s probably one Chicago holdout for Mostaciolli - the pasta - who wants a layered dish napolese meat sauce with *no cheese* or just ricotta and provolone and a fresh tomato sauce on traditional koshering protocol.

[@anatoldaninsky9506]

Or Costco lasagna.

[@jeffreym68]

Or just went to Olive Garden

[@katemorgan4690]

@@jeffreym68 I go there once annually for veterans day, but it’s like mcdonald’s to a hamburger

[@seattlejayde]

Not necessarily, they are likely vegans who can believe the same taste can be achieved without the copious amounts of animal flesh hence animal suffering

[@GrantHendrick]

Terrific video. Both versions are on our list to make! Thank you.

[@cesarriojas114]

I keep watching your videos a night before bed and cants stop from getting very hungry! I really feel your the best Italian cook I have ever seen and can only imagine being lucky enough to eat your food! I love Mexican food but really love Italian after learning from you! Many blessings! You guys are a perfect couple! Thanks for all your videos you have changed my life and now I’m very picky on my Italian food!

[@juanantoniomoreno3409]

She cooks with so much love and respect for the food and the ingredients. Her delicacy is amazing!

[@grimmseti]

Am I the only one who wants to see the hybrid version his wife makes for him?

[@MzShonuff123]

Nope! I second that!

[@_NeKoChAnP]

x3

[@alexandraaaron9705]

✨PLEASE ✨

[@MrG_11]

You're the kind of person who goes to a Chinese restaurant and asks for sushi

[@therandomstranger3951]

I worked in an Italian place for a while. The family was originally from Italy. There lasagna was a hybrid. Bolognese sauce with sausage mixed in, the white sauce, but dried pasta. The noodles were layered the Napoletana way. It was kind of heavy and very thick. It was so good, but I imagine either of these separately are better.

[@alisoneyers2450]

Yours is the best Italian cooking programme I have ever seen. Thank you. You are both wonderful. Xx

[@OllieRamone]

One of the best videos I’ve ever watched. The two of you are amazing!

[@rico670]

As a second generation Italian, who grew up with traditional Southern Italian cooking both in the UK and in Italy, I absolutely love watching these videos. Particularly the enthusiasm not just for the traditions and the process, but the eating too! One thing I'd love to see Eva make are the traditional Neapolitan dishes of manicaretti (giant raviolo filled with ricotta, salami, etc and baked with tomato sauce) and torta rustica (pie filled with all kinds of goodies!). Obviously, there are versions of these dishes from all over Italy, but the Neapolitan versions are clearly the best (full disclosure, I might be slightly biased here) ;-). Great channel guys!

[@astrofrk]

I only ate in Naples but my God it was good. I was overwhelmed just eating a tomato from a street vender.

[@seerpou]

this video in a word: EPIC. the orchestral angelic background music for the assembly of the southern lasagne is also chefs kiss.

[@josephsmith961]

I had the good fortune of having an in-law who was from Naples, who taught me how to make several dishes, and lasagne was one of them. I'd get up at 5 in the morning and make my sauce, braciole, meatballs, and brown all the meats. I put it all together into a big crockpot, and put it on low and leave for work. When I got home, it had been cooking for about 11 hours. It would be so beautiful and the house would smell so awesome. I'd make ricotta with spinach, eggs, and Parmigianino. That was the last layer before I covered it with pasta, sauce, and cheese. This reminded me so much of my in-law teaching me how to make this. Thank you so much for the great recipes, and the great memories.

[@robertthurman9866]

This channel and Pasta Grannies is all I will ever need for this type of cooking.

[@RealityCheck1980]

I love how she folded the pasta for the southern version! I will probably rewatch that part multiple times, it was so relaxing for some reason.