{"id":1660,"date":"2021-01-17T11:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T16:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2021-01-20T13:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T18:05:44","slug":"sort-of-secret-porzias-lasagne-a-weekly-takeout-pasta-operation-working-out-of-a-west-end-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/17\/sort-of-secret-porzias-lasagne-a-weekly-takeout-pasta-operation-working-out-of-a-west-end-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sort-of Secret: Porzia\u2019s Lasagne, a weekly takeout pasta operation working out of a west-end restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontolife.com\/food\/sort-of-secret-porzias-lasagne-a-weekly-takeout-pasta-operation-working-out-of-a-west-end-restaurant\/\">Toronto Life<\/a><\/p><p>A series that shines a spotlight on the city\u2019s hidden edible gems<\/p><p>BY\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/torontolife.com\/author\/lizaagrba\/\">LIZA AGRBA<\/a>\u00a0| PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL NEUHAUS |\u00a0\u00a0JANUARY 20, 2021<\/p><p><strong>The sort-of secret:<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/porziaslasagne.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Porzia\u2019s Lasagne<\/a>, a weekly lasagna operation by Basilio Pesce, executive chef of Osteria Rialto<br><strong>You may have heard of it if:<\/strong>\u00a0You were a fan of Porzia, a now-closed Italian restaurant in Parkdale<br><strong>But you probably haven\u2019t tried it because:<\/strong>\u00a0Pesce only makes two dozen lasagnas a week<\/p><p>A thick, bubbly, deep-brown crust is the first sign that this isn\u2019t just any lasagna. Then, you pick it up: weighing in at almost four pounds, a single tray feels heavy, even for its substantial size. Porzia\u2019s Lasagne\u2014a once-a-week, pre-order only operation by Osteria Rialto\u2019s executive chef, Basilio Pesce\u2014gives lasagna its due. From fresh pasta prepared the day you pick it up to perfect pomodoro made with San Marzano tomatoes, this is the sort of food that helps you remember why a classic is a classic.<\/p><p>Pesce used to be chef-owner at the now-closed Porzia, a popular Italian restaurant in Parkdale that became notorious for its lasagna, offered only on Sundays. After the restaurant closed in 2015, Pesce\u2019s lasagna popped up here and there at special events\u2014at Sugo, Chantecler and even at a lasagna battle at the Drake\u2019s 86\u2019d Mondays. Bringing the dish back into regular rotation is a lockdown development; it runs out of Osteria Rialto\u2019s kitchen, but it\u2019s more or less a one-man show. And a wildly successful one, given that the trays sell out in about five minutes every single week.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"The sort-of secret: Porzia\u2019s Lasagne, a weekly lasagna operation by Basilio Pesce, executive chef of Osteria Rialto You may have heard of it if: You were a fan of Porzia, a now-closed Italian restaurant in Parkdale But you probably haven\u2019t tried it because: Pesce only makes two dozen lasagnas a week  A thick, bubbly, deep-brown crust is the first sign that this isn\u2019t just any lasagna. Then, you pick it up: weighing in at almost four pounds, a single tray feels heavy, even for its substantial size. Porzia\u2019s Lasagne\u2014a once-a-week, pre-order only operation by Osteria Rialto\u2019s executive chef, Basilio Pesce\u2014gives lasagna its due. From fresh pasta prepared the day you pick it up to perfect pomodoro made with San Marzano tomatoes, this is the sort of food that helps you remember why a classic is a classic.  Pesce used to be chef-owner at the now-closed Porzia, a popular Italian restaurant in Parkdale that became notorious for its lasagna, offered only on Sundays. After the restaurant closed in 2015, Pesce\u2019s lasagna popped up here and there at special events\u2014at Sugo, Chantecler and even at a lasagna battle at the Drake\u2019s 86\u2019d Mondays. Bringing the dish back into regular rotation is a lockdown development; it runs out of Osteria Rialto\u2019s kitchen, but it\u2019s more or less a one-man show. And a wildly successful one, given that the trays sell out in about five minutes every single week.\">to read more<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Life A series that shines a spotlight on the city\u2019s hidden edible gems BY\u00a0LIZA AGRBA\u00a0| PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIEL NEUHAUS |\u00a0\u00a0JANUARY 20, 2021 The sort-of secret:\u00a0Porzia\u2019s Lasagne, a weekly lasagna&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[228,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-1660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-lasagna","9":"tag-toronto"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PORZIA3_resize-1376x1032-1-e1611160282441.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1662,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions\/1662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}