I tend to go for stuff that I can’t make at home or that’s a big pain in the ass to make myself. Like, I made lasagna once and it was great but way too much work to feed two people, so I’ll get lasagna at a restaurant. Much like I’m never gonna make pho because that’s an incredible amount of effort for one or two bowls, but on a restaurant scale it’s pretty cheap.
You have to make two sauces, a bolognese and a white sauce, boil the noodles, have a casserole pan the right size (where I fucked up, tbh), do the layering, then bake it all. IMO, a proper bolognese takes hours of simmering, which is where most of the time is sunk.
(I basically always use Beyond ground “meat” for my bolognese sauces for several years now, the only exception being when I made it at my father in law’s house with the ingredients he already had. It’s good!)
I tend to go for stuff that I can’t make at home or that’s a big pain in the ass to make myself. Like, I made lasagna once and it was great but way too much work to feed two people, so I’ll get lasagna at a restaurant. Much like I’m never gonna make pho because that’s an incredible amount of effort for one or two bowls, but on a restaurant scale it’s pretty cheap.
Didn't realize lasagna was a lot of work. What makes it take so long?
You have to make two sauces, a bolognese and a white sauce, boil the noodles, have a casserole pan the right size (where I fucked up, tbh), do the layering, then bake it all. IMO, a proper bolognese takes hours of simmering, which is where most of the time is sunk.
(I basically always use Beyond ground “meat” for my bolognese sauces for several years now, the only exception being when I made it at my father in law’s house with the ingredients he already had. It’s good!)
Ah true, I know the pain of making bolognese atleast