Gastronomy

A Mala Saña proposes creative and playful signature versions of the Italian dish that give a twist to the traditional recipe, to pick up or order at home

It all started during the house lockdown last spring

.

On the one hand, lasagna was a recurring dish on the menus prepared at home by the chef Héctor de la Mata, who, among other places, had worked in the long-awaited

Sudestada

.

On the other, it is the star dish of the mother of his friend and neighbor Alejandro Álvarez.

As both of them had been thinking about starting a business together for some time, they came to the irremediable conclusion that lasagna should be the protagonist.

The project was joined by Alejandro's brother, Gonzalo, and they spent the summer in semi-freedom to get it ready.

The first step was to find a name and, after thinking about it a lot, they opted for A Mala Saña

, which includes several puns.

First of all, make it clear, as you can see from the logo with the first three letters in red, that there is love for lasagna.

Second, pay tribute to one of the most Madrid neighborhoods.

And, thirdly, to show his indignation with the current situation, "which has very bad anger."

The idea was to give a twist, from an author's perspective, fun, informal, creative and playful, to traditional lasagna

.

And, after many tests, in mid-October

A Mala Saña came to

light

, in a small cubicle located in María de Guzmán, 43 ... which, paradoxically, is not in Malasaña but in Chamberí.

There, sharing facilities with neighboring

Picsa

, they began to offer take away service, which since this week has been expanded with home delivery through various platforms on the amalasana.com website.

Mrs. Norris.

The gastronomic offer obviously revolves around

lasagna which, as they themselves point out, "your grandmother would never make you" and which can be ordered in single, double or, directly, in

full

family size

.

There are three varieties that are always on the menu, Ms. Norris, Mr. Kuku, and Ms. Ahimsa.

The first is a reinterpretation of the classic, with beef and pork bolognese in chocolate accompanied by a topping of toasted pumpkin seeds.

The second, grilled free-range chicken with mole and curry bechamel and lime and avocado chips.

And the third, a vegetable with pumpkin and eggplant creams, vegetable bolognese of textured soy and sautéed vegetables with bechamel with turmeric and crunchy beet and kaffir lime topping.

The second, with its spicy dot, is our favorite.

Mr.

Diañu Mocking.

And then there are the lasagna of the month, which will change from time to time and, if they are well received, they even have the possibility of ending up on the menu.

This is where there is more

freedom, iconoclasm and even provocation

.

Because what else is the lasagna called Srto.

Diañu Burlón, also called cachopo lasagna?

It has, of course, veal, ham, cheese and a touch of smoked chorizo ​​with cider.

And, despite the prejudices that many may express by the mere fact of hearing the word cachopo, it is very good.

Mrs. Catrina.

For the Halloween bridge, as a special proposal, Mrs. Catrina is also available, of whom, with a lot of humor, they say on her website that

"She is not the most beautiful, neither inside nor outside, but she is dead

.

"

Its name pays homage to the typical ladies of the Mexican Day of the Dead and carries a barrage of ingredients: sweet potato huancaína, blood sausage and veal needle in coconut milk, ginger and kaffir lime, pepper and onion roasted in a wood oven, cheddar , black garlic bechamel, dark chocolate, cumin and topped with a topping of black beans, green soybeans, peanuts and chipotle chili.

There is nothing.

In addition to lasagna, two starters and a dessert.

The first ones consist of an exotic salad with quinoa, basmati rice, edamame, peanuts, coriander and oriental vinaigrette (in which it

shows, and how, the

Sudestada

school

) and an assortment of hummus, classic, of beets and muhammarra (of peppers red).

The second, a carrot cake.

To Mala Saña

, a project that shows that with the desire and the illusion not even the coronavirus can, it is operational from Thursday to Sunday, and holidays, at lunch and dinner times and the average price per person is about 20 euros.

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