On here people keep saying lasagne is a quick meal.........WTF?

[DrNortherner]

It takes me half a bloody day to cobble one together, I find it a PITA to make but it is a firm family favourite in our house.

If you have a secret quick lasagne recipe please share it!

Exctly - it is a total fanny to make imo. Only quick if you have made and frozen it in advance.

It takes me for ever to make, too!

So does fish pie.

It isn't that quick for me to prepare one (say 30 mins) but I cannot cook and it's about the only thing I can cook without looking at a recipie (cheese sauce from scratch and all!)

i make bolognaise sauce in batches and freeze it.
then to make lasagne i just do the cheese sauce and pasta.
but even then i don't think it is a "quick" meal unless it is a ready made bought one!

I agree - for me it's the kind of meal I'll prepare on a long rainy afternoon listening to the radio and pottering about at other things at the same time.

It is a real faff to make unless you cheat and buy the bolognaise and the white sauce

AFAIC you have to simmer bolognaise sauce/ragu for at least 3 hours to have it at its best - so no, lasagne can never be described as a quick meal. But I do often cook double quantities, so we'll have spag bol one night and then a lasagne later in the week - then it's fairly stress-free.

It is quick if you do double portions then freeze the extra, then you just defrost and heat up for a minute. But the initial cooking of it is not quick.

Ir gets eaten quick...maybe thats what they means

*mean not means

It's quick to eat and none gets wasted

i think risotto's a pain too

Risotto is indeed a pain, and for little return. You spend hours stirring, and it tastes like sophisticated babyfood, with the consistency of sick.

But risotto is yummy

Yes, it is a faff to make but I can recommend using a tin of Cambell's condensed mushroom soup instead of making a white sauce. Not only does it save time but it tastes lovely.

It's a quick meal when you do it properly

Risotto's only about 25 minutes IME (although that is 25 minutes of constant stirring so not helpful when you are trying to stop DCs killing each other at the same time). That's excluding time taken to make the stock, though (I do often sometimes buy ready-made stock).

risotto takes a lot of fiddle Making stock stirring adding stock stirring adding wine stirring....... Yummy but hassle

But if you always make stock when you have a roast chicken carcass then risotto is dead easy. It is one of my fail safe meals when I don't think there is anything in the frige. I always fry the meat/fish/veg whatever first though, then add the stock - and stir [grin} then chuck in some butter/parmesan at the end. Most important thing is the right sort of rice. Love risotto!!

I agree re. lasagne. It's not difficult...it just takes a while and seems to create a huge amount of washing up. Risotto is easy (and less washing up!) but it is annoying that you can't just leave it to cook you have to stand there stirring forever.

it is quick if you make 2/3 at once and freeze them ready to cook off for teh next time.

Actually, even if I don't have lasagne in the freezer, I have white sauce.

I don't make the pasta myself though.

risotto doesnt have to be a faff, fry oinions and garlic in butter, stir in rice, pour over a few jugs of stock, italian herbs and a few cups of frozen veg. Leave til cooked then stir in parmasan and cream.

One of my quick fix dinners for the kids.

oh we're having lasange for tea tonight.. suppose it took about 20 mins to cobble together ( pasta dough was already made from the last time, so just had to chuck it through the machine).

all I have to do now is turn oven on, so I guess if you have time to cobble it together earlier.. it's quite quick at the end of the day to just turn on and serve.