freezing pies

pol

I usually cook them before freezing. When I want to use them I find it easier to microwave them till hot and then put them in the oven on high for 5 minutes to crisp up the pastry. Quicker than cooking from raw when you're hungry!


pol

rubberbiscuit

Ive found a tasty recipe for wholemeal veggie pasties but I will need to freeze most of them. What is the best way of freezing pies/pasties??
Should I cook them first or freeze uncooked??

rosie383

I don't know what the best way is, but if I am doing a batch of them, and have the oven on anyway, I just bake them all at once, then wrap and freeze cooked.
Something I have just figured out recently which may help some...... if I have baked them and the pasties are well cooked but still slightly doughy on the bottom, when I am reheating them, I put them on a dry frying pan on a low-med heat until they are well heated through. By that time, the base is as crispy as you would like, without the top getting any browner!

joedenise

I think they're best cooked before freezing. The pastry can go a bit soggy when you defrost them if they've been frozen raw.

Denise

Linda32

Yes, I would cook them fully, then freeze and defrost overnight in the fridge and re-heat in the oven. In my oven an individual pie would take 30 mins at gas mark 6 to re-heat

HTH

emilykf

Afternoon all, I'm after some advice/suggestions please! I've currently got pie fillings bubbling away on the hob, steak & kidney for me and steak & mushroom for OH (he doesn't like offal, the big baby). I'm planning on making 2 individual pies for our tea tonight, and freezing 2, but not sure the best way to go about it?

For the frozen ones, I was planning on cooling the filling in individual pie dishes, putting the pastry on top and freezing them like that (ie pastry raw), but not sure whether that's better than cooking all 4 and freezing 2? Any suggestions gratefully received

McKneff

No difference either way to be honest, just which is easiest for you.

When you want to take them out of the freezer its just a case of do you want to cook them from scratch (raw) or just warm them through (cooked)

Or you could invite me round and I'll eat the other two for you to save you having to decide:D

Sounds delicious. Mark them differently so you know which is which when you take them out though.

elsien

I'd freeze them with the pasty raw, but that's probably because I prefer pastry freshly cooked rather than reheated.

krlyr

Personally I'd freeze raw just so the pastry wasn't twice-cooked, but that's just me

Edit: Snap!

emilykf

McKneff wrote: »

Sounds delicious. Mark them differently so you know which is which when you take them out though.

Yep, good point, ha ha! OH wouldn't be too impressed having the wrong one! :rotfl: