# Do I need to pre-cook my fresh pasta for lasagna? Need answer fast!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 26, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-pre-cook-my-fresh-pasta-for-lasagna-need-answer-fast/586953 "2011-06-26T23:15:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-pre-cook-my-fresh-pasta-for-lasagna-need-answer-fast/586953/1 "2011-06-26T23:15:09Z")

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I’m making lasagna with fresh pasta for the first time! I made very thin sheets of homemade pasta and I want to start assembling my lasagna, but I’m not sure if I’m supposed to cook the sheets first. Can I just layer them all in the lasagna and let them cook in the oven with all that sauce?

They’re pretty thin - I rolled them out on level 6 of my pasta maker attachment for my Kitchenaid.

What would you do?

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**Author:** ![Anaptyxis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anaptyxis/32/3171_2.png) [@Anaptyxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaptyxis)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-pre-cook-my-fresh-pasta-for-lasagna-need-answer-fast/586953/2 "2011-06-26T23:17:12Z")

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I say no pre-cooking is necessary. I make a pretty saucy lasagna myself with dried noodles, and I don’t pre-cook those. Delicious lasagna ensues!

I’ll post without preview, just to deliver my answer faster 😃

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-pre-cook-my-fresh-pasta-for-lasagna-need-answer-fast/586953/3 "2011-06-26T23:17:39Z")

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Layer them up and bake! Unlike dried pasta, they will cook pretty quickly once the tomato sauce gets up to speed.

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-pre-cook-my-fresh-pasta-for-lasagna-need-answer-fast/586953/4 "2011-06-26T23:23:10Z")

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I love this place. Thanks a million. I’ll report back on its deliciousness later tonight! Possibly with pictures!

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**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-pre-cook-my-fresh-pasta-for-lasagna-need-answer-fast/586953/5 "2011-06-26T23:43:28Z")

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I usually rinse them under hot water first then layer. No pre-cooking required.

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**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-pre-cook-my-fresh-pasta-for-lasagna-need-answer-fast/586953/6 "2011-06-26T23:51:21Z")

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No need to cook them. You may want to make your sauce just a little more watery than usual, and make sure the top layer of noodles is well covered with sauce: the noodles will absorb some water from the sauce.