AIBU to think you can't make lasagne with raw mince?

[HetMeal]

I had a mild debate with a friend today who says you don't need to cook/brown the meat before you put it in the lasagne. She would do pasta sheets, white sauce, tomato basil sauce from a jar, raw minced beef, in layers.

I do it the normal way, cooking a tomatoey meat sauce first and layering that with bechamel and pasta sheets. She said using raw meat is a perfectly legitimate time saver and tastes fine.

I can't get my head around this, and wondering whether anyone else does it this way?

[thatonesmine]

I've always done it your way. I think the meat would be a bit chewy if not pre-cooked

[TheFuckingDogs]

Not gonna harm you but I bet it doesn’t taste as nice as yours!

[TrialOfStyle]

I don’t see why you couldn’t, as the meat would just cook in the oven but the best part of a lasagne in a thick, rich ragu which you wouldn’t get like that. Plus wouldn’t it also end up making the pasta sheets quite greasy?

[dirtyfries]

I see her logic, much like some people put raw mince into slow cookers without browning first. I would never ever think to cook a lasagne her way though, they should be a labour of love!

[GraduallyWatermelon]

That's mad! Has she had a lasagne before (aside from her own)?

[AnnaMagnani]

Well it would be cooked but chewy!

[VladmirsPoutine]

Everyday my firm belief that you really can't just eat in anyone's house is confirmed!!!

[Whatwouldscullydo]

Well on a technical level you could.

But on a favour level it would be awful

[OolieMacdoolie]

Hers won’t cause you harm but I can’t imagine it tastes nice!

[SpookySonne]

It'd be really greasy, heartburn on a plate!

[bridgetreilly]

Her way sounds absolutely grim.

[Hankunamatata]

But you need to make a good bolognese first and let it simmer. Before making the lasagne

[Nellle]

Bet that's one chewy lasagne she's making!

[AmyLou100]

Sounds disgusting. People who do this can't cook really. Dumping things together is not cooking.

[Wingedharpy]

You could - but it would be absolutely tasteless.

[ChristinaYang10]

Sounds weird, and annoying to have to try and evenly spread out raw mince across the dish surely?

[Wingedharpy]

Sauce from a jar tells me your pal is no Delia OP.😉

[Twickerhun]

I’m a lazy arse but even I would brown the mean and cook with a sauce first.

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

Grim.

Making a good ragu is 90% of what makes the lasagne great

Raw mince and a jar of sauce?? She may as well just buy a ready meal lasagne. Probably tastes better.

[TheChineseChicken]

You lost me at jar of sauce

[Bargebill19]

It would not look nice IMO.
But I do tend to cook my mince add sauce and then leave for overnight to marinate. Then make my lasagna or spag bog.

[Queenoftheashes]

Christ that’s gross

[MangosteenSoda]

Is she sinister and deviant in other ways too

[Iheartmysmart]

Yuck! I’m having lasagna for dinner tonight and the ragu will be simmering for a good couple of hours on the hob beforehand.