Beat This: Lasagna
Written By Ann Hodgman
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Ann Hodgman says her recipe is better than yours. Prove her wrong.
The Best Lasagna RecipeIf you must feed zillions of people this time of year (as it seems all of us must), you want something uncomplicated, popular, and make-ahead-able. And you can't serve turkey or roast beef because that's what you'll be giving everybody three days from now.
The solution? Lasagna. It's not the most exciting food on the planet, but at least it's more interesting than a big ham or a platter of cold cuts. People like lasagna, even children. You can dress it up by adding spices, wine, vegetables, and so on. You can make an unadorned version for kids or timid adults. You can prepare the lasagna 24 hours in advance, store it in the fridge, and bake it just before you need it. Really, I don't see why you don't serve lasagna at every meal.
This lasagna, especially. It's not only delicious but very easy. It's even easier if you use your favorite premade pasta sauce. The "Beat This" rules forbid using mixes, so I'm calling for "26 to 28 ounces" of pasta sauce, which equals about 3 cups. I think you'd be nuts to use homemade pasta sauce unless you have it in the freezer, but it's your call.
Of course there are a couple of rules. No previously published recipes or prepared mixes allowed. We're really looking for the best recipes. Not the most healthful, not the quickest, not the cheapest, but the best – the kind of food that people will force you to give up the recipe for. Take, for instance, the lasagna recipe above. I seriously doubt you can beat it. But if you really think yours is better, bring it on. The Wondertime judges will test my recipe against yours and decide on one winner. If I win, I'll be as braggy as ever. If you win, you'll get a four-piece Henckels Cutlery starter set from cooking.com.
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