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Old 19-02-2016, 22:32
Gunner95
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Essentially I'm planning to make a lasagne next week that's half-and-half made from scratch and jars.

I'm going to make the red sauce from scratch, so veggies, mince, chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and spices, but for the white lasagne sauce I bought a jar of dolmio and the pasta sheets are from morrisons

AFAIK, the standard procedure is to make the red sauce first and then layer it in a dish

Bottom layer red sauce, then a layer of pasta sheets, then a layer of the white sauce from the jar, then repeat the previous three layers, then finish off with loads of grated cheese (yum)

Then you stick it in the oven for 45 minutes at 200.

Now here's my issue. Due to time constraints I'm probably going to have to do all of the prep the night before (making the red sauce and layering it all) and then on the night just sticking the lasagne in the oven

Is it safe to leave an uncooked lasagne for 24 hours lying in the fridge?
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Old 19-02-2016, 23:48
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well your meat will be already cooked.. so hell yeah!! If you have any doubts wait until just before cooking before pouring the jar of white sauce over.
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Old 20-02-2016, 00:22
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I wouldn't assemble it so long beforehand because the ragu will cause the pasta layer to soften, but only a little, too early which may make it curl.

White sauce just needs to be the one layer on top and the cooking temperature is too high, I cook at 160 degrees for 40 minutes in a fan oven.
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Old 20-02-2016, 14:30
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White sauce just needs to be the one layer on top.
Disagree with that!

Should go (from bottom up):

Meat sauce
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
Pasta
White sauce
Cheese
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Old 20-02-2016, 16:10
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Disagree with that!

Should go (from bottom up):

Meat sauce
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
Pasta
White sauce
Cheese
I'd agree with that but lots of recipes differ slightly e.g. middle layers meat on top of white sauce and even meat and white sauce on top layer before cheese applied.
None though have the Bechamel only on the top layer.

As for the "safety" issue I dont see a problem but I'd just store the two sauces separately in the fridge and "build" it whilst oven pre- heated - a couple of minutes at most.
I once did what you propose with dried canneloni tubes - filled them and left them in fridge overnight. The tubes had split quite a lot. No big deal when cooked in sauce but I was surprised.
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Old 20-02-2016, 16:12
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I wouldn't assemble it so long beforehand because the ragu will cause the pasta layer to soften, but only a little, too early which may make it curl.

White sauce just needs to be the one layer on top and the cooking temperature is too high, I cook at 160 degrees for 40 minutes in a fan oven.
Didn't spot this post.
Agree with first paragraph.
Disagree with second.
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Old 20-02-2016, 21:37
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Disagree with that!

Should go (from bottom up):

Meat sauce
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
Pasta
White sauce
Cheese
Should go (from bottom up):

Meat sauce
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
Cheese
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
Cheese
Pasta
Meat Sauce
White sauce
Cheese + more cheese
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Old 21-02-2016, 07:17
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What Degsy says, but no cheese.
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Old 22-02-2016, 11:52
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Should go (from bottom up):

Meat sauce
Pasta
Meat sauce
White sauce
No, lasagne should just be meat sauce, pasta and cheese. Use the white sauce to hang wallpaper with, it adds nothing to the dish.
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Old 22-02-2016, 16:14
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Is it safe to leave an uncooked lasagne for 24 hours lying in the fridge?
My Onken Natural Yoghurt has been in the fridge since well before 3rd December 2015, when it "expired", and it has been open since some time in January. I'm still eating it, and it's fine. I doubt anything fresh will go bad in a fridge in 24 hours.
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Old 22-02-2016, 17:44
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No, lasagne should just be meat sauce, pasta and cheese. Use the white sauce to hang wallpaper with, it adds nothing to the dish.
What you means is "I only like meat sauce, pasta and cheese".
Which is fine.
It's just not lasagne.
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