Mary Shelly’s Monster Lasagna. Weekend Food
“I beheld the wretch – the miserable monster whom I had created.” Frankenstein Ingredients: For the pasta: A pipe organ 600 grams of egg Lasagna noodles A dark and stormy night* 13 tomatoes genetically spliced with Black Angus DNA Blood-curdling laughter Extra virgin olive oil Salt & pepper 1 Onion *I mean a really, really, really dark and stormy night. For the Béchamel sauce: 50 grams of flour 50 grams of butter 1/2 a liter of whole milk 50 grams of Parmesan Cheese Serves 6 Wait for a massive thunderstorm. After peeling and seeding the tomatoes put them in a metal pot and hoist them up the tower and under the lightning rod you pre-installed on the roof. As you wait for them to be repeatedly electrocuted, hammer some dissonant chords on the organ. And laugh hysterically, like this: HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Have a kitchen helper chop the onions, boil the noodles and prepare the Béchamel sauce. (Best if he’s kind of short, hunched-back and scary lookin’.) Have him call you master. ...
