Advice please...too salty lagasna...

[Duppers]

What to do?

How the heck did I get it too salty?

Scrape the cheese and noodles off and add diluted sauce and rebake? Add more cottage cheese? Rinse the cheese and feed that to my big pup? Throw the rest out? Such a waste. I hate myself for being so stupid.

Thanks, folks.

[Chipper Chat]

1. Drink a 16oz bottle of Coke with it

to counteract the salt.

[Duppers]

2. 😳

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. Ship it to me?

I would be happy to help you solve your problem. I have a salt/potassium imbalance . . . I always need more sodium.

[raging moderate]

4. Add more cottage cheese and tomato sauce.

Add more noodles if you can.

Don't throw it out! It's too yummy!

[Duppers]

10. I agree. Thank you.

[fierywoman]

5. I've never heard of a lasagna recipe with cottage cheese, it's usually

ricotta, which I believe has less salt than cottage cheese. Add more noodles (unsalted) and tomato sauce (unsalted)?

[forgotmylogin]

7. Cottage cheese is typically the accepted substitute for ricotta

in lasagna, if you can't get it or it's too expensive.

[fierywoman]

14. Ah! Thanks for the info -- I always learn interesting things here.

[forgotmylogin]

17. I know a few people who actually prefer cottage cheese to ricotta

because they don't care for the sometimes "grainy" texture in some ricotta.

Cottage cheese is neutral and takes on flavor wonderfully in a savory dish.

[fierywoman]

18. Trader Joe's has a nice whole milk ricotta

[becca da bakkah]

15. Make Your Own Ricotta Cheese......

...and never worry about availability or cost. It's easy to do, and doesn't take much time. There are tons of recipes and techniques online. I use lemon juice to set the curds, I like the end taste better than what you get with vinegar. Use the cheese within a week, it doesn't keep very long. The more you drain it, the thicker it will be. Also more creamy, and not gritty like the store-bought stuff. You're welcome.

[fierywoman]

19. Love it! great suggestion.

[yellerpup]

6. Take the sauce you have

and simmer it with a stick of celery (chopped in largish chunks) and water and/or wine. Taste as you go and cook until the sauce isn't so salty. Remove the chunks before adding the sauce back into the noodle mixture. Celery absorbs excess salt very well, and the wine will also tamp down over saltiness. I'm ignorant about cheese, so if that is your problem I am no good to you at all. Good luck.

[Duppers]

11. It's just the sauce, waaayyy too salty.

I'll save that precious cheese.

Potatoes absorb salt too, do they not?

Thank you!

[yellerpup]

16. Yes, I think potatoes do remove salt.

They would also impart a little starch in the water to slightly thicken the sauce.

[samnsara]

8. have with a bottle of wine or a shot of tequila...OR...

...shred some carrots or sweet potatoes in it to counter the salt.

[Duppers]

12. Sounds good.

I always keep tequila on hand too.

[Phentex]

9. Cheese is salty

I'd try to add more unsalted noodles and sauce and rebake.

[Duppers]

13. More sauce and non-salted cottage cheese.

Thx.

[JHan]

20. I've found sour cream balances out the saltiness, and it's a nice secret ingredient for lasagna