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Cooking & Baking

sir pball

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12. You can use normal sheets without boiling them.

Reply to MOMFUDSKI (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2024, 08:50 AM

May 2024

It was years before I learned this, you just need to add a bit more time to the cook. Poke it with a cake tester to see if the pasta's soft. As a bonus, it absorbs extra liquid so it leaves the lasag nice and firm, never runny!

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Has anyone here used the oven-ready [View all] MOMFUDSKI May 2024 OP

I Always Use The Oven Ready..... global1 May 2024 #1

Don't like it. Texture is wrong. Went back to the pita noodles. bullimiami May 2024 #2

I use regular lasagna & don't cook it first. BUT.... CrispyQ May 2024 #3

I've found the trick is to make sure you have plenty of sauce covering the noodles so they soften well. MLAA May 2024 #4

I've used it, and it's OK. I've made lasagna a lot over the years, the trick is to cool the pasta in the pan by ... marble falls May 2024 #5

I guess I will stay with the traditional boil, MOMFUDSKI May 2024 #7

Sometimes the proof of the pudding is in the aroma! It gets easier, the thing I had to get over was my aversion ... marble falls May 2024 #9

Yes it works fine Freddie May 2024 #6

we buy our lasagna frozen, pasta and sauce, delicious. demigoddess May 2024 #8

Tried it but not quite the same. SarahD May 2024 #10

I make mine with ready made Olivieri sheets CANADIANBEAVER69 May 2024 #11

You can use normal sheets without boiling them. sir pball May 2024 #12