Lasagna noodles- boil or not?

[Anonymous]

I want to make a lasagna but it is just a huge PIA so I don’t often. But I’m having company so I thought I would. The recipe I use calls for a homemade red sauce with meat and besciamella, no ricotta/mozz. The noodles are Bionaturae and it says to boil first, but do I really have to? It this a crucial step? I have made this lasagna before boiling them it is does happen to be pretty saucy. Could I just skip this and use the dry noodles and just allow for a longer restinf time before serving?

[Anonymous]

There are no boil noodles you can buy.
Or you can parboil them: start at minute 1:58 https://youtu.be/ukf3BVHcASc

[Anonymous]

Yes unless you want crunchy noodles.

[Anonymous]

I never boil the pasta anymore.
I triedvut once and it was fine. Just make sure the top layer has sauce on top.
I use regular lasagna noodles not the specific no boil knd

[Anonymous]

I never boil noodles anymore, either. I do soak them in water for about 5 minutes before cooking.

[Anonymous]

Yes boil. We are not animals.

[Anonymous]

I soak them in very hot water for 15 minutes. Doesn’t stick together and the baking process with sauce will soften them further.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I soak them in very hot water for 15 minutes. Doesn’t stick together and the baking process with sauce will soften them further.

This is what I do. I use hot tap water.

[Anonymous]

I buy fresh noodles from the Italian store and don’t boil. I also sub ricotta for bechamel. Lasagna is sublime.

[Anonymous]

Just soak regular noodles in water for 15 minutes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I buy fresh noodles from the Italian store and don’t boil. I also sub ricotta for bechamel. Lasagna is sublime.

OP here. I don't have access to that. I also prefer the béchamel to ricotta.

[Anonymous]

I’m with you, OP. Italian-style lasagne with bechamel is so much better but definitely more work. I don’t precook lasagne sheets but choose ones which don’t need that.

[Anonymous]

I just made a lasagna for Christmas Eve using Barilla's no-boil noodles. I had planned to use ricotta, but the ricotta we had wasn't good, so I made a quick bechamel sauce with nutmeg instead. Turned out perfectly and the noodles were not overly chewy.

[Anonymous]

You don't need to buy no boil noodles.

Regular noodles will cook just fine, no soaking required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't need to buy no boil noodles.

Regular noodles will cook just fine, no soaking required.

This. Just make sure you have enough sauce, and you will need to bake for longer.