Vincisgrassi Maceratesi al Ragù Bianco
Marche — Macerata
Marche's answer to lasagne — but older, richer, and completely different in structure. Vincisgrassi uses fresh egg pasta layered with a white ragù of chicken livers, sweetbreads, and prosciutto (the original 18th-century recipe), béchamel enriched with cream, and shaved black truffle from the Marche hills. Unlike Bolognese lasagne, there is no tomato. This is aristocratic cooking — the name allegedly derives from Austrian General Windisch-Graetz who ate it during the Napoleonic wars.