This lasagna is just about as homemade as I'll ever get, with exception of the sauce. I don't think I'll ever reach the point where I make my own sausage or cheese, but the closest I could get tonight was making my own noodles.
For Christmas I received the wonderful gift of a pasta roller attachment set for my Kitchenaid, transforming this:
into this:
If you would have told me a year ago that I could and would be making my own pasta, I'd most likely have laughed and doubted the truth to the statement. Now I laugh at myself, pasta isn't really all that intimidating. Sure, I've been spoiled that I now have modern conveniences to assist in the pasta making, but its really all not that hard. 4 eggs, 3 1/2 cups of flour, pinch of salt, dash of water and some good old fashioned kneading. Yes, in the long run its far more costly than the 1.29 for a box of lasagna noodles, but the taste cannot be beat. You must try for yourself someday. Pasta making has now made it to my list of things I would love to master before I die. Each batch I learn something new.
Other than the noodles, this lasagna has the standard: red sauce, Italian sausage, ricotta, mozzarella and a portion with mushrooms, but the noodles made all the difference. Definitely worth the extra time, but will most likely stay as a weekend meal.
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