On 11/4/2017 6:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-11-04 5:15 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 11/4/2017 3:34 PM, Opinicus wrote:
>>> On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 09:56:44 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>>>
>>>> This is from the New York Times email that I just gotÂ* today.Â* I'm
>>>> always on the lookout for new mac & cheese recipes.Â* This one
>>>> intrigued me because you assemble with uncooked pasta then cover and
>>>> bake.Â* I've never heard of doing mac & cheese that way before.Â* I do
>>>> undercook my pasta before assembly and baking just to avoid overcooked
>>>> pasta, but never have done uncooked.
>>>
>>> I've seen lasagnas done this way. (I think the first was on an old
>>> Emerel show.) So it's not entirely surprising that the same technique
>>> could be used for Mac&Cheese.
>>>
>>> Disclaimer: I've never actually tried any of these recipes as I don't
>>> really believe they'll work.
>>>
>> Well, I know they make pre-cooked dried lasagna noodles but I can't
>> say I've ever seen the same in macaroni.Â* I can't see that it would
>> save much time.Â* Janet already said she cooks the pasta a bit before
>> assembling.Â* I cook the pasta while I'm assembling the other
>> igredients, too.
>>
>
> Do they actually pre-cook them? I have used raw regular lasagna, made
> the sauce a little thinner and cooked a couple minutes longer, and it
> was great. I Googled no cook lasagna pasta and the first hit was a
> recipe where you just use regular pasta and skip the boiling.Â* Then
> there was an Epicurious site that said that no-cook lasagne is actually
> better than the type you boil and said that the pasta is thinner.
>
I only know about what I've read here about the no bake lasagna noodles.
I've never bought the product. It was a comparison off the top of my
head. All I meant was I wouldn't try it with uncooked macaroni.

Jill