Let’s take up the fine subject of one of the finest cuisines
in the world that is known to mankind - Italian cuisine. The pizza that you
eat, the margherita that you love with extra cheese topping, the pasta that you
like all flowy and saucy, the tiramisu and the panna cotta and the spaghetti with
meatballs, there’s no stopping with the list of the fine Italian cuisine.
Italians and Italiandishes make rich use of cream, cheese, sauces and milk in
case you were set wondering what’s with the cheese obsession. There are quite a
few varieties of cheese from the Italian offering – dolcelatte, ricotta,
parmesan, mozzarella, cheddar, gouda, cotija and more. Some finest cheese from
Italy comes from the Galbani’s and their Galbani ricotta cheese and Galbani
mozzarella cheese is definitely a must try. Galbani mozzarella cheese is used
for preparing steaks.
There are numerous Italian dishes where there is liberal use
of cheese such as a lasagna recipe. Lasagna is wide, flat-shaped pasta and is
also known to be one of the oldest types of pasta known to man. It is a dish that’s
made with several layers of lasagna sheets which are filled with sauces, cheese
and other ingredients in between. The word lasagna in its singular form is one
piece of pasta ribbon and in its plural form becomes lasagne.
Now as we get talking more about lasagna, we thought of
jotting down some fun culinary facts about it. Let’s read on-
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There’s
a national day dedicated to lasagna! July 29th is celebrated as
National Lasagna Day.
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You
can make lasagna in a dishwasher.
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Lasagna
is the favourite food of the cartoon character Garfield.
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The
word lasagna originally referred to the pot in which the dish was cooked instead
of the dish itself. Some people believed that the word was derived from the Greek
word for ‘chamber pot’ (lasanon).
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The
original lasagna recipe did not make use of tomatoes as tomatoes were only discovered
in the thirteenth century. At that time, there weren’t any tomatoes known in
Europe.
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There
is an illness known as the lasagna syndrome which a term for excess overlapping
of browser windows on the computer by a computer addict.
Coming to mozzarella cheese and Galbani ricotta cheese, one
can attempt to make several dishes such as salami, sausages, prosciutto,
cannelloni, bruschetta, caprese salad, pizza, pasta and more.
Grab some facts about ricotta cheese and head out to get some
Galbani ricotta cheese for your Italian dishes-
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Ricotta
is soft, light and crumbly in its texture and has a very mild flavour
particularly bent towards the sweet side.
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Ricotta
cheese is versatile in nature. It is used to prepare Italian delicacies such as
lasagna, ravioli, pizza and cassata.
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Ricotta
cheese is also used as a spread and also for salads and desserts.
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It
is a healthy substitute for mayonnaise.
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Ricotta
is a highly perishable cheese.
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Ricotta
cheese is low in protein and gets absorbed quickly by the body.
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It
is used to prepare dishes such as stuffed ravioli, cheesecakes etc.
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