Pasta bake- do you cook the noodles first or add them in uncooked??? making this tonight please help! :)?!
Answers: I am making a pasta bake that calls for uncooked pasta in the ingredients. Do you cook it before putting it with the sauce and meat to bake??
I would do as the recipe says, you don't want to overcook them.
I do.
If it says you add them in uncooked you do, but I'd say cook them lightly for 3-5 minutes, depending on how long you bake it for, for instance 30 minutes.
cook the noodles first to al dente
Either way is fine. If you use uncooked noodles add about a cup of water per jar of sauce you use so the noodles have enough water to absorb and your dish doesn't turn out dry.
I make lasagna with uncooked noodles (just the cheap, run of the mill kind) every single time, it's so much quicker, and tastes just as good.
I always boil my pasta, until it is just undercooked.
Yes, you cook the noodles first Mix all ingredients, and make sure you have enough sauce so it doesn't dry out. Most importantly... make sure you UNDERCOOK the noodles just a bit as they will cook more once in the oven.
I used to work in a restaurant, and the usual way to make any pastas, was to cook the pasta, and while this was cooking do the sauce in a separate pan, and once all is cook put the cook pasta on the plane and then add the sauce on top, that way you'll be sure that the pasta is on the point and the sauce as well, since both have different cooking times.
Cook the noodles for just a few minutes...under cooked.
A friend recently made lasagna w/o cooking the noodles before bakint it. It was delicous!
NO, you've got an EASY recipe! The amount of liquid in the recipe has likely been adjusted so the pasta will cook from the sauce. Be srue to bake w/ a lid or foil on, so the water doesn't evaporate before the noodles are cooked.