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MollyBloom
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 Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:35 am Post subject: please help! lasagna problem :( |
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I'm cooking lasagna in this crock-pot thingy. I have cooked it for almost an hour at 230 degrees Celsius and the middle is still cold!
I bought these noodles that are "no-cook", but I have used them back home with no problems before. Needless to say, most of them are still pretty hard when I poke a fork in them.
The crock pot is about 9 inches around, and 5 inches tall.
Any ideas? |
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ajuma
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:42 am Post subject: |
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| If it's a real crockpot, things generally take about 3-4 hours on high or 7-8 hours on low. |
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sojourner1
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:44 am Post subject: |
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My idea is that your crock pot is not heating adequately or you didn't wait long enough as crock pots are slow and I mean slow cookers. You usually can do something in 3 to 6 hours with one. Ham and beans taste great slow cooked for many hours. Use a pot to simmer those noodles on a stove. Better yet, after boiling them tender, layer them in a cake pan with layers of other things like ricotta and cottage cheese along with spaghetti sauce, beef and chopped onions and peppers. Sprinkle some Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses on top. Once you have a real lasagna prepared, bake it in an oven at 350 F for about 40 to 50 minutes.
Don't ask me where to get all the cheeses as that's the reason why I haven't made lasagna yet. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| If it's a real crockpot, things generally take about 3-4 hours on high or 7-8 hours on low. |
No, it's not a real crock pot. I don't know what to call it. I got it from E-mart a couple of years ago. It looks like this, except there's no handle and it's white, not the Pyrex material:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes/images/u-pot-glass.jpg
Sojourner: you can get ricotta at Hannam Market and at Dandy's Grocery (next to Hannam), but it's about 7,000 won for 250g  . Get lasagna sheets at Hannam. The kind I bought were Pasta Montagrappa. You can cook these by boiling in water, or just placing them in the pan with more sauce. I guess in the states we call these "no-cook" lasagna noodles. Right on the package it says you can prepare them either way. Actually, you can bake real lasagna noodles by not boiling them ahead of time...just cook them the same as you would "no-cook" noodles but with more sauce (or liquid...but I find it makes a more soggy lasagna).
I bit the bullet because my man has been craving lasagna lately.
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kiknkorea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| Don't ask me where to get all the cheeses as that's the reason why I haven't made lasagna yet. |
Homeplus, E-Mart, and Homever have Parmesan and mozzarella, Costco has those and many others. |
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Draz
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: |
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A casserole dish?
I'm not much of a cook but I think there is a reason lasagna is baked flat in a pan. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
A casserole dish?
I'm not much of a cook but I think there is a reason lasagna is baked flat in a pan. |
Well, I did bake it flat. It was just in a round pan. |
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Draz
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
| Draz wrote: |
A casserole dish?
I'm not much of a cook but I think there is a reason lasagna is baked flat in a pan. |
Well, I did bake it flat. It was just in a round pan. |
Normal number of layers? Beats me! |
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Greekfreak
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: |
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If you've got a standard-sized toaster oven and a 12" pyrex pan, it should take no longer than 30 minutes with foil and another 15 after removing the foil.
Not counting all the prep work, natch. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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I need to find the solution; it's driving me crazy. Remember, the main problems was that the middle was still cold, no cheese melting. Possible problems:
1. circular pan (although I can't see why this would matter as the pan's puropse acts as a mold)
2. too many layers (as I said the pan was about 5 inches high...and I put layers almost up to the top)
I ended up eating the hot parts last night and it was tasty. I put it in the fridge last night and am letting it settle. I will try it after work. Maybe now that it has settled I can cut it into smaller pieces (horizontally) and try cooking it more.
I'm going to go out to Kim's Club and get a smaller square/rectangular pan soon. |
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discostar23
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| My solution would be not to buy the "oven ready" noodles. If you buy the regular ones it will work definately. I kinda pre-cook everything when i make it and then just let the toaster melt the cheese...much easier. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| discostar23 wrote: |
| My solution would be not to buy the "oven ready" noodles. If you buy the regular ones it will work definately. I kinda pre-cook everything when i make it and then just let the toaster melt the cheese...much easier. |
But all the noodles were cooked EXCEPT the ones in the middle! |
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Draz
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
2. too many layers (as I said the pan was about 5 inches high...and I put layers almost up to the top) |
This. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
| MollyBloom wrote: |
2. too many layers (as I said the pan was about 5 inches high...and I put layers almost up to the top) |
This. |
Because it was too dense? |
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itaewonguy
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: |
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is the toaster thingy you using set to bake or grill?
1: when making lasagna you shoul cook the meats first and have that ready to go into the lasagna..
2: you should ALWAYS cook the pasta sheets first so they are nice and soft and ready to be layered down...
3: once you have done step 1 and 2, you will have no problems.. |
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