Does anyone know of a good lasagna recipe where you don't have to cook the noodles first?
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Dawn I have a recipe for Lasagna, will be happy to provide it. It does require to cook the pasta
BUT, you can make any lasagna dish and not cook the pasta ~ if there is enough liquid in the lasagna it will cook, I do suggest that you spritz each lasagna noodle with water (not a complete drench).
I have done this with my mother's recipe, it tasted good ~~~ just that it did have a slight starch-y taste to it, that is when I started soaking the lasagna pasta in hot water.
The best result I had was just soaking all the lasagna noodles in hot water and wiped them off with a handi-whipe as I went along, I think it came out great.
Here's my Italian mother, Christine, recipe:
Introducing Christine Otranto-Beeker’s Own Original Lasagna
CHRISTINE’S LASAGNA
Preheat oven 375º
Ingredients:
1 box lasagna
1 large containers of ricotta cheese
1 large eggs
2 TABLESPOONS milk, add a bit more if mixture is too thick
1 ball mozzarella cheese, grated
1 small bowl Parmigiano cheese
¼ teaspoon oregano
¼ teaspoon basil
¼ teaspoon rosemary
1 recipe Christine’s Original Italian Spaghetti Sauce
Seasonings to taste:
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Step 1
Cook Lasagna pasta according to box instructions. Drain in colander. Hang to dry or however you dry your Lasagna noodles.
Step 2
In a large bowl, add ricotta cheese. Add egg, milk and mix together. Add oregano, basil, rosemary and seasonings to taste to your taste. Blend well together. Set aside.
Step 3
In a lasagna pan, ladle spaghetti sauce in bottom of pan, just enough to cover bottom of lasagna pan. Add lasagna pasta, in rows (may cut lasagna pasta to help fit pan).
Step 4
Spread ricotta cheese mixture, sparingly, over lasagna pasta. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over ricotta cheese mixture. Sprinkle Parmigiano cheese over mozzarella cheese. This is one layer of lasagna.
Step 5
Repeat step 4 and create 4 to 5 layers of lasagna.
Step 6
Ladle spaghetti sauce over completed lasagna, sparingly. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top of spaghetti sauce, sparingly. Sprinkle Parmigiano cheese over completed lasagna. Place in oven, cook at 375º for 35 to 40 minutes or until done.
Step 7
Serve hot.
BUT, you can make any lasagna dish and not cook the pasta ~ if there is enough liquid in the lasagna it will cook, I do suggest that you spritz each lasagna noodle with water (not a complete drench).
I have done this with my mother's recipe, it tasted good ~~~ just that it did have a slight starch-y taste to it, that is when I started soaking the lasagna pasta in hot water.
The best result I had was just soaking all the lasagna noodles in hot water and wiped them off with a handi-whipe as I went along, I think it came out great.
Here's my Italian mother, Christine, recipe:
Introducing Christine Otranto-Beeker’s Own Original Lasagna
CHRISTINE’S LASAGNA
Preheat oven 375º
Ingredients:
1 box lasagna
1 large containers of ricotta cheese
1 large eggs
2 TABLESPOONS milk, add a bit more if mixture is too thick
1 ball mozzarella cheese, grated
1 small bowl Parmigiano cheese
¼ teaspoon oregano
¼ teaspoon basil
¼ teaspoon rosemary
1 recipe Christine’s Original Italian Spaghetti Sauce
Seasonings to taste:
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Step 1
Cook Lasagna pasta according to box instructions. Drain in colander. Hang to dry or however you dry your Lasagna noodles.
Step 2
In a large bowl, add ricotta cheese. Add egg, milk and mix together. Add oregano, basil, rosemary and seasonings to taste to your taste. Blend well together. Set aside.
Step 3
In a lasagna pan, ladle spaghetti sauce in bottom of pan, just enough to cover bottom of lasagna pan. Add lasagna pasta, in rows (may cut lasagna pasta to help fit pan).
Step 4
Spread ricotta cheese mixture, sparingly, over lasagna pasta. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over ricotta cheese mixture. Sprinkle Parmigiano cheese over mozzarella cheese. This is one layer of lasagna.
Step 5
Repeat step 4 and create 4 to 5 layers of lasagna.
Step 6
Ladle spaghetti sauce over completed lasagna, sparingly. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top of spaghetti sauce, sparingly. Sprinkle Parmigiano cheese over completed lasagna. Place in oven, cook at 375º for 35 to 40 minutes or until done.
Step 7
Serve hot.
Here's one that talks through the process...not T&T though.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1835,156163-226199,00.html
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1835,156163-226199,00.html
Dawn, my DD's boyfriend is an old-school Italian cook and never pre-cooks them...
He layers the lasagna as usual, then covers the whole thing tightly with foil. It then gets baked for about an hour, 15 min.... approx. You can lift an edge of the foil and stab a noodle to see if it's done.
He layers the lasagna as usual, then covers the whole thing tightly with foil. It then gets baked for about an hour, 15 min.... approx. You can lift an edge of the foil and stab a noodle to see if it's done.
Don't they taste starchy when cooked that way? I have a recipe for a
broccoli/clam/angel hair dish that calls for cooking the pasta in the liquid, no pre-cooking. DH loves it, but to me, the dish takes on a sort of starchy taste that comes from the starch released into the dish instead of drained away. I'm thinking it might be undetectable in the stronger flavors of lasagne. I've used the new no-cook noodles and didn't taste it in them.
broccoli/clam/angel hair dish that calls for cooking the pasta in the liquid, no pre-cooking. DH loves it, but to me, the dish takes on a sort of starchy taste that comes from the starch released into the dish instead of drained away. I'm thinking it might be undetectable in the stronger flavors of lasagne. I've used the new no-cook noodles and didn't taste it in them.