How to Make Classic Italian Comfort Food: Hearty Beef Lasagna and Chicken Scarpariello
Test cook Christie Morrison makes host Julia Collin Davison the perfect Hearty Beef Lasagna. Then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Bridget Lancaster to a tasting of block mozzarella. And finally, test cook Lan Lam makes Bridget a new weeknight favorite—Chicken Scarpariello.
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You ladies really came a long way from when you first started out. Great job 👍 and thanks for inspiring a guy to cook something different.
That meat sauce doesn't even resemble a ragu bolognese (no garlic, no bread, but carrots and celery plus about 4 hours cooking). That ersatz bechamel is a joke! Also, mozzarella has no place in a lasagna bolognese, and the same goes with pecorino – only parmigiano is allowed in that recipe. Call it what you want, but not lasagna bolognese, please!
I live alone so I would be eating this for a month strait. Is it freezable? Ir so, how can I vacuum pack portions without crushing the shape?
OH WOW…I want some of the chicken dish this weekend. The lasagna,I pretty much make mine this way also. It's very delicious,and I love the beefy taste as well.I can't use the ricotta,because my fiance likes the cottage cheese. So,I've been using the cc for years now.
Love Christie’s laugh. She seems so genuine. 🤍
Love this show now that the BOW TIE is gone..
Well, is the "funk" from the grass?
Nasty cottage cheese lost me
Sorry, just say NO to cottage cheese. Italian-American lasagna must be made with ricotta. Some things are just not negotiable!
Christine looks and sounds so scared, but she can cook and that's what matters! Hope to see more of her!!
The Chicken Scarpariello we also add potatoes
The lasagna seems to be missing something. It’s not loaded. I love my recipe from Chef John.
I love ricotta, but I’m open to change. I find the cottage cheese lumps a major texture issue. Do the lumps melt or can you see them?
Why for about an hour? I was thinking 45 mins. Nothing needs to be cooked. Is it so the cheese melts all the way through
I'm sure these lasagna are good, but please, please don't call them Bolognese, don't even think about it. These are American lasagna, I'm from Bologna Italy and I can assure you this recipe does not even get close to our lasagna. You can save time and stick to tradition the same time.
I'm going to try the chicken Scarpariello but without the pickled peppers…
Looks tasty , I need to cook this different lasagna fir my kids ❤️
This is my all time fav cooking show,
Use ricotta…!
I purchased the Polly-o mozzarella cheese whole milk. It was nothing more than a big block of string cheese. Nothing special.
I would weigh 1,000 lbs if I worked with you all! 😏 Testing food recipes? I would make screw ups just so I could eat them to hide the evidence! 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣
I've seen American recipes for lasagna with cottage cheese. The first time I saw someone like Lydia there was no cottage cheese and I was shocked.
Now, you can't even get a cup of coffee for 30c!
I love americas test kitchen but they lost me at the cottage cheese. My nonna would roll her eyes at this as do I. Very Americano.
It's minty fresh Jack! 🙂
I love how they sometimes use the budget kitchen equipment in this show to make it more relatable to the everyday user.
I could eat that lasagna all by myself!
Tip: save some of the noodle water to thin the ingredients, but don't salt the water. I learned that from Lydia.
Now, you couldn't get a cup of coffee for 30 cents
Love this show and generally, they are spot on. With respect to Lasagna, there is no way my family would ever use cottage cheese! SORRY. Ricotta would just be better.
I am Italian-American and it’s cheese lasagna with ricotta filling that is the best and most authentic kind. It’s the one my grandmothers and mother made. Lately, the meat filling has been served more. I always hope for the cheese filled kind. Thank you for your wonderful show!
Why are there no grocery store brand products in any of these grocery store challenges?
No no no ricotta cheese but cottage cheese?? Yuk! As an Italian that’s disgusting!
Nice lasagna! Although I understand the cottage cheese rationale, I love ricotta. Thanks for the great recipes.