Lasagne - freezing and defrosting questions

kezzygirl

yeah it was done within 20mins of being out of oven!lol

sammyjammy

If you're actually making it to freeze rather than freezing leftovers I would actually make up the lasagne but freeze it without cooking it in the oven, you can then cook it from "fresh" in the oven and it will cook much nicer.

lavenderlady

sammyjammy wrote: »

If you're actually making it to freeze rather than freezing leftovers I would actually make up the lasagne but freeze it without cooking it in the oven, you can then cook it from "fresh" in the oven and it will cook much nicer.

Thanks, didn't know you could do that. I usually leave it in a cool place for an hour or two before cooking to help the flavour mature but now you are saying its ok to freeze before cooking then i'll just portion it up and cook when i'm ready!
Thanks

zippychick

Hi Kezzygirl

this thread should help as well - and i will merge this later

Also - lasagne recipe , just if it helps

Zip

atticgirl2003

I have a large lasange in my freezer, question is, do I need to defrost it before it goes in the oven or can I cook from frozen.

Many thanks.

betterlife

is it already cooked ? if it was me id prob pop it in the fridge overnite then cook tomorrow, but if i didnt have room in fridge cook from frozen but put some foil over it most of cooking time then take off for last 30mins to brown hth

JulieGeorgiana

I had one from the freezer the other day... I only half defrosted it... only because I am scared my dish might crack going from frozen to oven...! I then cooked it long and slow too!

Turned out better then the other one I made at the same time!

Fruball

Lasagne is always better if its made a day before eating - or frozen and used later

I would defrost it mostly cos of the cracking dish issue too - but wouldn't bother with the fridge (my fridge is really cold so nothing defrosts properly in there anyway!). Just leave it out overnight - its not going to go bad in 24 hours unchilled - people managed before fridges As long as its covered so nasties land on it!

Westywoodpecker

Frugal wrote: »

Lasagne is always better if its made a day before eating - or frozen and used later

Well I didn't know that Frugal, I know casseroles are normally nicer the following day but not lasagne!

Fruball

Westywoodpecker wrote: »

Well I didn't know that Frugal, I know casseroles are normally nicer the following day but not lasagne!

Yep Try it