Layered Pasta Baked with Mushrooms and Chicken

Vincisgrassi is probably the most typical of the many layered pasta dishes of the Marche. It follows the tradition of richly stuffed and filling food, and is full of flavour and very rich in texture. The story goes that it was first prepared by the cook of the Austrian General Windisch-Graetz, who held a very powerful position in this area during the Napoleonic Wars. The Italian title of the recipe is a local version of his name.

To allow the flavours to develop, it