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Lasagne verdi alla bolognese is the Sunday-lunch grand-format pasta: spinach-green egg sheets layered with ragu, besciamella and Parmigiano, baked golden in at least seven layers.
The Bolognese lasagne reached its modern form in the 19th-century kitchens of the Emilian noble houses, with the green pasta (sfoglia verde) made by working blanched spinach into the egg dough a Bolognese signature. Pellegrino Artusi's 1891 cookbook recorded a Bolognese maccheroni-and-besciamella bake that is the direct ancestor; the formal lasagne verdi recipe was deposited with the Accademia Italiana della Cucina in 2003. The canonical version layers at least seven sheets with ragu, besciamella and Parmigiano, the top layer always finished with breadcrumb-and-butter for the crust. Trattoria Anna Maria, Diana, Da Cesari and All'Osteria Bottega all serve the Sunday-lunch version.
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All'Osteria Bottega in Bologna's Saragozza is the Daniele Minarelli and Valeria Tonelli room, a tiny dining hall running the canonical Emilian carte.
OrderTortellini in brodo, tagliatelle al ragu, the salumi board of Bonfatti mortadella.
TipBook three weeks ahead by phone; the room seats 28 and the lunch service has the easiest tables.
Trattoria di Via Serra in Bologna's Bolognina is the Flavio Fabbri and Tommaso Trifoni room, a 28-seat osteria with the city's most-cited tagliatelle al ragu.
OrderTagliatelle al ragu, tortelloni burro e salvia, friggione.
TipBook three weeks ahead online; the lunch service is the easier seating and the kitchen runs the same carte at both meals.
Trattoria Anna Maria in Bologna near Via Zamboni is the city's most-photographed sfoglia trattoria, run by Anna Maria Monari since 1985 with hand-rolled.
OrderTagliatelle al ragu, tortellini in brodo, lasagne verdi, gnocco fritto.
TipBook a week ahead for dinner. Lunch is calmer and the sfogline still hand-roll pasta in the window between services.
Da Cesari in Bologna's Centro Storico is the four-generation Carati family trattoria, operating since 1955, a steady room for the canonical Bolognese carte.
OrderTagliatelle al ragu, cotoletta alla bolognese, friggione on the side.
TipBook a fortnight ahead by phone; the family carte does not change and the wine cellar is run by Massimiliano Carati personally.
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