freezing pies

mandy_moo_1

I'm gonna make some chicken pies to freeze, and i was just wondering.....do i put them in the freezer BEFORE i cook them or after? ie) with 'raw' pastry, or cooked pastry

mags50_2

Hi Mandy
I usually put mine in the freezer with 'raw' pastry and let them defrost well before I cook them... thats if they're meat pies..

Fruit pies... I do either... raw or cooked

Maybe others do differently... but I really only use shortcrust pastry.... I did try a meat pie with cooked puff pastry and erm... how shall I put it... lol... it was more like a burnt offering by the time I had got it warmed through again!... but thats probably just my cooking!

HTH

TOBRUK

I sometimes make chicken, chicken and mushroom pies and I usually freeze them after cooking. Once defrosted I warm them up in the over - not microwave as the pastry goes a bit soft - as I have an old microwave!

However there is nothing wrong in freezing with the pastry raw. Once you have made the filling which obviously is cooked, once it has cooled you can put the pie in the freezer before cooking the pastry.

Sometimes when I make apple tarts I put them in the freezer before cooking. Nothing wrong with freezing pastry.
Hope that helps.

mandy_moo_1

Thanx for both your replies. I was gonna make chicken pies and corned beef & potato, so i think i'll try cooking 'em first, then freezing them, and see how they turn out :rolleyes:

Pooky

I let my fillings cool before putting in the pastry and then freeze when cool, I just cook from frozen with a bit of an egg wash.

taplady

I always cook my chicken pies before freezing:D

ladygrey_2

I freeze either way

and if I have any leftover pastry I freeze that too

finc

ladygrey wrote:

I freeze either way

and if I have any leftover pastry I freeze that too

I remember my mum freezing batches of pastry when I was little. I still can't make pastry though, it always seems to fall apart.

squeaky

finc wrote:

I remember my mum freezing batches of pastry when I was little. I still can't make pastry though, it always seems to fall apart.

Try adding a bit more water to the mix.

nuttyrockeress

Does anyone have a good recipie for a good chicken pie that can be done this way?

HOLsale

mandy_moo_1 wrote:

Thanx for both your replies. I was gonna make chicken pies and corned beef & potato, so i think i'll try cooking 'em first, then freezing them, and see how they turn out :rolleyes:

i recommend undercooking them so that when you heat them up they then get done to perfection... i have a piemaker and when i get it out i make loads of pies and freeze them like that