In Salento, a lasagna-like pasta is called what?

In Salento, a lasagna-like pasta is called sagne.

Sagne are a regional pasta associated with Salento, the heel-shaped southeastern part of Italy. They are related to lasagne but are typically narrower, making them a useful example of how Italian pasta shapes change names and form from one region to another. The term is plural, as with many Italian pasta names.

Salento’s sagne are also associated with dishes such as sagne ’ncannulate, in which the pasta is served with tomato sauce and ricotta. The broader sagne family is not limited exclusively to Salento: the name is also used for related pasta traditions in parts of Lazio, Abruzzo, and Molise, with local differences in size and preparation.

A common mix-up is to treat sagne as just another spelling of standard lasagne. They are better understood as a regional, narrower pasta relative. Similar neighboring forms include lagana in much of Apulia and lasagnette elsewhere in Italy, showing how pasta terminology often follows local tradition rather than one national standard.