"This Lasagne will make you a rockstar if you do it right, but it is labor intensive. The shanks, while adding amazing flavor, are difficut to work with and quite expensive. Mine never got as tender as I hoped. After making them I thought a short rib/ pork butt combo would've worked just as well. BUT, I diced the shredded meat small to insure tenderness. Started this process on Thurs, and had it for Christmas dinner Sat and it was off the chain delicious. My hubs, who was skeptical and thought I was crazy for taking 72 hours to make lasagne, was singing my praises. As good as our best sophisticated italian restaurant. I had enough extra sauce and ricotta to make a second, smaller lasagne to freeze, with a little less meat. If you are looking for something special and different from the standard italian american tomato lasagne, this is what you are looking for.

"This Lagagne will make you a rockstar if you do it right, but it is labor intensive. The shanks, while adding amazing flavor, are difficut to work with and quite expensive. Mine never got as tender as I hoped. After making them I thought a short rib/ pork butt combo would've worked just as well. BUT, I diced the shredded meat small to insure tenderness. Started this process on Thurs, and had it for Christmas dinner Sat and it was off the chain delicious. My hubs, who was skeptical and thought I was crazy for taking 72 hours to make lasagne, was singing my praises. As good as our best sophisticated italian restaurant. I had enough extra sauce and ricotta to make a second, smaller lasagne to freeze, with a little less meat. If you are looking for something special and different from the standard italian american tomato lasagne, this is what you are looking for.

"This is delicious! Used thick bacon and just fried it up before doing the chicken, and used frozen pearl onion which worked great. Only one bottle of wine was plenty for a whole bird. Didnt strain the sauce and the carrots etc were yummy. The chicken was super falling apart tender and my hubs declared it one of the best things I've ever made! Also, I prepped in the am, let it sit in the fridge until afternoon and then tossed it in the oven. Overnight would prob be even better. Served with mashed potatoes. Cant wait for the leftovers...

"This is delicious! Used thick bacon and just fried it up before doing the chicken, and used frozen pearl onion which worked great. Only one bottle of wine was plenty for a whole bird. Didnt strain the sauce and the carrots etc were yummy. The chicken was super falling apart tender and my hubs declared it one of the best things I've ever made! Also, I prepped in the am, let it sit in the fridge until afternoon and then tossed it in the oven. Overnight would prob be even better. Served with mashed potatoes. Cant wait for the leftovers...