Did Britain Invent Lasagne?

But food researchers yesterday made the extraordinary claim that lasagne - the quintessentially Italian pasta dish - is, in fact, an English invention. A recipe for the dish appears in one of the oldest known cookery books, The Forme of Cury, compiled by a group of chefs on behalf of King Richard II in around 1390.

Who invented lasagne?

Lasagne originated in Italy during the Middle Ages and have traditionally been ascribed to the city of Naples. The first recorded recipe was set down in the early 14th-century Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery).

When did lasagne come to the UK?

Lasagne is British. It's so British the court of Richard II was making it in the 14th Century and most likely serving it up to ravenous knights in oak-panelled banqueting halls. The claim has been made by researchers studying a medieval cookbook, The Forme of Cury, in the British Museum.