Freeze Lasgane

[kh70]

I always make too much so this time intend to freeze some however do i do this before i cook it or afterwards?

Thanks

[237SJ]

Afterwards. I always make a large dish and freeze individual portions.

[Nibble]

Always cook the lasagne first, as then there's no chance of bugs breeding in your meal, and it's much safer than defrosting raw meals.

[ummmm]

But lasagne is already cooked!!

[ummmm]

As in all the elements are cooked before it's made into a lasagne.

[tenrec]

My sheets of lasagne are raw until I put the whole lot in the oven together.

[ummmm]

Forgot about the main part.

Can you freeze raw pasta?

[Kiki-frog]

Yes, me too, tenrec. Meat sauce is cooked, cheese sauce is cooked, but lasagne sheets are raw, when it's assembled and put in the freezer. Then it's cooked once it's defrosted.

[tenrec]

I cooked mine and then froze leftovers. No prob.

[Kiki-frog]

ummm - freezing raw lasagne sheets works ok for me. They're covered up by the meat and cheese sauces, and it seems to work fine. Never poisoned anyone with it as yet.

[vodkancoke]

I make mine with fresh pasta and freeze it before cooking. We have never had a problem with it and it's the way my family have always done it.

[ummmm]

I would presume it wouldn't be a problem. The sauces would soften it...

[friedgreentomato]

either there are pros and cons for each, if you freeze it after its cooked it has a tendency to dry out, if you freeze it before its cooked then the lasagne curls!

I do it after ifs cooked and just add extra white sauce