Italians will tell you that the best bit of a lasagne is the crispy edges. The bits of the pasta sheets you let overhang the sides and that go all brown and crunchy as the lasagne cooks. Italian families fight about who gets them! For years I’d been dutifully tucking them all in – as I suspect most of us non-Italians do – until, by chance, I had lunch with some Italians. I was converted, they were amazed that I didn’t know about it, and now I am sharing it with you.
Lasagne with pasta sheets overhanging sides prior to going in oven.
Crispy edges after baking