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Fresh Pasta Issues (post #69406)

molly90 on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 18:56

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I like to make fresh lasagna noodles but have a nightmare of a time after draining them. I spend way too much time trying to get them unstuck from each other once they start cooling. I don't have this problem with dried pasta, so what am I doing wrong? Someone said you don't have to boil fresh pasta for lasagna, but wouldn't they taste dough-y? Thanks in advance!!

You don't have to boil fresh (post #69406, reply #1 of 7)

by Gretchen in reply to molly90 [original] on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 05:24

You don't have to boil fresh or dried pasta. Just use it in your dish. The other method is to just dip the noodle in boiling water and drain on towels.

Gretchen

I always boil fresh pasta for (post #69406, reply #2 of 7)

by schnitzel in reply to molly90 [original] on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 08:37

I always boil fresh pasta for lasagna. Check out this article:

http://www.finecooking.com/articles/lasa...

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How to cook fresh lasagne noodles

~Amy

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I ahve never cooked fresh (post #69406, reply #3 of 7)

by MEANCHEF in reply to schnitzel [original] on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 12:30

I ahve never cooked fresh noodles. Have no idea why the article says to do so.

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If you are cooking your fresh (post #69406, reply #4 of 7)

by STJ4 in reply to molly90 [original] on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 17:10

If you are cooking your fresh pasta try putting a little bit of oil in the water...should help with the sticking

I've never found it (post #69406, reply #5 of 7)

by Gretchen in reply to STJ4 [original] on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 05:18

I've never found it does--it's all on the surface of the water, not the pasta. AND most especially when I DID boil lasagna noodles. SO much easier to either dip them individually for about 15 seconds, or just use as they are. ;o)

Gretchen

You don't want to put oil in (post #69406, reply #7 of 7)

by Adele in reply to STJ4 [original] on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 06:35

You don't want to put oil in the water, it prevents the sauce from staying on the pasta.

But, but, it's SUPPOSED to taste like that!

I would not try putting oil (post #69406, reply #6 of 7)

by Maedl in reply to molly90 [original] on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 06:23

I would not try putting oil in the water when you boil the pasta because that results in the sauce not clinging very well to the pasta.

Are you using plenty of water to boil the noodles? Are you putting too many noodles in a pot that isn't big enough? Sounds to me as if the starch on the surface of the noodle is causing the noodles to stick together.

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