Anonymous
05/09/2022 09:34
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
No. Soak in warm water is enough. Just make sure there’s enough sauce in the bake and no noodles are exposed at the top.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 09:33
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
Anonymous wrote:I make a lasagna with fresh noodles (that I make) so, yes, they do need a very quick boil before baking. Otherwise, they become a gloppy mess.
??? Fresh noodles certainly don’t need to be boiled…
Anonymous
05/09/2022 09:26
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
I make a lasagna with fresh noodles (that I make) so, yes, they do need a very quick boil before baking. Otherwise, they become a gloppy mess.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 09:23
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
Anonymous wrote:I have done both. After extensive taste testing/multiple meals, my family reported they could tell no difference bewteen precooking the noodles vs. not. The resident family 'food snob' liked them better with regular noodles not pre-baked (it was a set of blind 'taste tests...alton brown would be proud). When I used the 'no bake' noodles a couple times, there were complaints of a gummy-texture.
Therefore, it takes me less time and is easier to make lasagna without pre-boiling (I have not tried soaking). I don't drain the crushed tomoates much, use plenty of sauce and cheese throughout. It still takes me far mroe than 5 minutes to prep but it is much less time than pre-boiling. I cook covered with foil for a while and finish it without the foil.
that should say the resident family food snob (which I'm saying with love, btw) liked it better without the noodles pre-cooked.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 09:22
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
I have done both. After extensive taste testing/multiple meals, my family reported they could tell no difference bewteen precooking the noodles vs. not. The resident family 'food snob' liked them better with regular noodles not pre-baked (it was a set of blind 'taste tests...alton brown would be proud). When I used the 'no bake' noodles a couple times, there were complaints of a gummy-texture.
Therefore, it takes me less time and is easier to make lasagna without pre-boiling (I have not tried soaking). I don't drain the crushed tomoates much, use plenty of sauce and cheese throughout. It still takes me far mroe than 5 minutes to prep but it is much less time than pre-boiling. I cook covered with foil for a while and finish it without the foil.
Therefore, it takes me less time and is easier to make lasagna without pre-boiling (I have not tried soaking). I don't drain the crushed tomoates much, use plenty of sauce and cheese throughout. It still takes me far mroe than 5 minutes to prep but it is much less time than pre-boiling. I cook covered with foil for a while and finish it without the foil.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 09:17
Subject: Re:Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I soak them in hot water, but don’t boil them. So, sort of cook them, but not fully.
This is what I do.
Anch’io.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 09:14
Subject: Re:Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
Anonymous wrote:I soak them in hot water, but don’t boil them. So, sort of cook them, but not fully.
This is what I do.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 09:14
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
Anonymous wrote:Not anymore. So it only takes 5 minutes to prep + 35 minutes to cook at 375 degrees.Very easy.
If making lasagna is easy, you are doing it wrong
Anonymous
05/09/2022 07:46
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
Anonymous wrote:I use regular noodles and never precook them. The trick is to use lots of sauce so there’s enough liquid for them to essentially boil as they bake.
+1 I don’t strain my crushed tomatoes, so that liquid is what cooks the noodles.
Anonymous
05/08/2022 23:21
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
I use regular noodles and never precook them. The trick is to use lots of sauce so there’s enough liquid for them to essentially boil as they bake.
Anonymous
05/08/2022 22:57
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
Not anymore. So it only takes 5 minutes to prep + 35 minutes to cook at 375 degrees.Very easy.
Anonymous
05/08/2022 22:18
Subject: Re:Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
I soak them in hot water, but don’t boil them. So, sort of cook them, but not fully.
Anonymous
05/08/2022 22:15
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
I used to, but recently I switched to using the the special no-cook noodles for lasagna, and I appreciate skipping this extra step.
Anonymous
05/08/2022 21:46
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
Italian at birth, 20 years in US: no, but from the days l can remember my helping my mom cook, my family only ever bought Barilla lasagna pasta that won’t need cooking.
Anonymous
05/08/2022 20:57
Subject: Do you cook your lasagna noodles before baking?
It seems you can make lasagna both with cooked noodles and uncooked regular noodles as well.
What’s your experience and preference?
What’s your experience and preference?