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Can fresh pasta sheets be used to assemble a lasagne, then left in the fridge overnight before baking?

Or will this make them mushy or otherwise degrade them? I have recently gotten into making fresh pasta, and I want to prep a lasagne the night before. I have d

How to cook tofu without burning?

I've been trying to eat tofu lately (not using much oil to cook it) and I don't mind it, my only problem is that I can't seem to cook it without burning the pan

Substituting Dried Cranberries for Fresh/Frozen

I have a slow cooker recipe (for meat) that calls for 4 cups fresh or frozen cranberries. Fresh are out of season, and frozen out of stock at my usual stores.

Which alternative fats, not butter or avocado, are good to make chocolate frosting

This (Allrecipes Chocolate Avocado Pudding) is a great recipe for Chocolate Avocado pudding, which I use as a frosting for cakes. So, sticking away from normal

How to clean a mill

My girlfriend and I moved into a new flat together and now we´ve got at least 2 salt- and 2 pepper mills. We only need one of each kind and I wanted to as

Why do grape-flavored foods taste different than actual grapes?

Grapes are one of my favorite fruits, but I typically don't like grape-flavored foods. For example, grape jelly or grape candies (like Jolly Ranchers) have a di

How did people transport food before aluminium foil was invented?

I know this question does not concern cooking, however I wondered how people transported their food before aluminium foil was invented (circa

Why do you warm a Dutch oven up before baking bread?

I want to attempt to make bread in my Dutch oven. Most of the recipes that I have found say to warm your Dutch oven up before putting the dough in. I have found

Multi-nozzle piping rig?

I need to frost a ton of cupcakes (hundreds) for an event in a few months and I'm looking for something to help me do this. Has anyone ever seen a manual multi-

How could I use liquid flavorings to make a version of a jelly-topped cookie?

I recently tried to make jelly-topped cookies (specific recipe was from home, but here's an example recipe) using an assortment of flavors, including maple syru

Should I get a thin, flat bottomed wok to stir fry large amounts of veggies on an electric stove?

Currently I stir fry veggies in a flat non-stick frying pan. It's OK but it doesn't have much volume so I can't cook a large amount of veggies unless I do so in

Why mixing hot syrup (sugar + water) into yolks in sabayon?

Recently I browsed for tiramisu recipes where ricotta replaces the mascarpone. In this particular (italian) recipe the sabayon is started by adding hot syrup t

If strring a 65c soup causes small fish to tear up, does it mean it's overcooked?

The fish in question is whitebait, I slowly bring the fish and soup water up to 65c then remove from stove. During the cooking period I stir the pot to overcom

Parboiling potatoes to make them softer in a stew

I recently made ciambotta (like an Italian ratatouille) on two separate occasions, first using russet potatoes, and once using red potatoes. In both instances,

What do I need to do to use my current recipe for thin-crust pizza?

When I make pizza dough, I use a variation on Bobby Flay's recipe - instead of 3.5 - 4 cups of bread flour I use 2 cups of bread flour, 3/4 cup AP, and 3/4 cup

Cast Iron and Smoke

I've had my cast iron for several weeks now and have been able to cook with it about 10 times. The problem is, the amount of smoke, and timing of it, have me th

Baking Italian love cake

Can I make 2 round love cakes in pans lined with parchment, then remove them from pans, stack and frost? Does this change cooking time?

Vanilla extract cups vs spoon

My daughter got confused and added 2 cups of vanilla instead of 2 spoons in a cake recipe. We were done mixing the ingredients, but we want to salvage the cake

Chilled puff pastry vs frozen

Just found out there's actually two kind of puff pastry in my local supermarket, one called chilled and one called frozen. Do anyone know the difference? Some

Why do frozen vegetable packets advise cooking from frozen, and should I follow that advice?

Packets of frozen vegetables often say "cook from frozen" or "do not defrost" in the cooking instructions. For stir frying at least, many people recommend the o

Sous vide pasteurization for pregnant wife

long time StackOverflow user (and home cook). My wife is now almost 5 months pregnant, and whilst initially I didn't want to serve her sous vide food (she didn'

Food accidentally left unrefrigerated for up to 10 days -- what needs to be thrown away?

We have a small, rarely-used auxiliary fridge (dorm-room size) in a storage room. Last week as part of preparing for Passover we took nearly everything from ou

Simple stone ground flour bread

I'm aiming to make a simple bread from as few ingredients as possible; ideally only stone ground whole wheat flour, water, and yeast. I'm having a hard time fin

How long can you soak morel mushrooms before they go bad?

We got some morels from a friend and soaked them in salt water in the fridge. That was Friday. It is now the following Thursday, and we just took them out of th

Could adding oil to boil benefit the taste and texture of the pasta?

Note to mods: this is not a duplicate. I am not concerned about pasta sticking.Note to anyone who wants to stand on their heritage and say only their way is be

Rolling out dough

Looking for a process to speed up rolling out dough to be used for cheese Pockets or fruit pockets . We're using an eighth of a cup of dough and we want to fla

Baked food and Bacilus Cereus

Is there a difference between baked and cooked food? As I know cooked food has to be in fridge within 2 hours after the preparation to avoid creating appropria

Can ricotta be made from powdered whey?

1. There are many recipes for making ricotta cheese from fresh whey leftover after cheese. Although I searched Google trying to find making ricotta from powdere

Which type of chicken to use in a recipe if called for a "hen"?

I have an old recipe titled Minced Chicken. It's a casserole type dish. It says to use 1 hen, cooked and minced. What type of hen is this referring to? I found

How many minutes between 115 F and 120 F for a ham?

I'm preparing this ham recipe. It calls for a ham 7 to 8 lbs. Well, I ordered a ham described as "7 to 9 lbs" and what got delivered was a hair under 10 lb, so