Passata question.

anguk

I nipped into the local freezer shop this morning and noticed they had huge 3kg catering foil bags of passata for 99p :eek: They were either Del Monte or Dolmio, I can't remember which.

The sell by date is 2010 so they'll keep for a bit but it did say once opened keep in the fridge and use as soon as possible. I'd never go through a bag that big in a few days so was wondering if I could freeze it in portion sizes?

lynzpower

Oh deifnately- we always freeze passata/ half tins of chopped tomatoes etc, in little tupperwares.

floss2

You can also use it to make wicked Bl**dy Mary's instead of tomato juice.

Rossy2692

anguk wrote: »

I nipped into the local freezer shop this morning and noticed they had huge 3kg catering foil bags of passata for 99p :eek: They were either Del Monte or Dolmio, I can't remember which.

The sell by date is 2010 so they'll keep for a bit but it did say once opened keep in the fridge and use as soon as possible. I'd never go through a bag that big in a few days so was wondering if I could freeze it in portion sizes?

Whick freezer shop? Thats sounds great!

mummysaver

What a bargain, if you freeze in bags inside containers then you can remove the bags when they're frozen and just stack them up and reuse the containers!

tessie_bear

i often freeze passata and it defrosts well

anguk

Rossy2692 wrote: »

Whick freezer shop? Thats sounds great!

It was in Heron Frozen Foods. They're a bit like a cheaper Farmfoods, I think they're just in the North though?

ivyleaf

Freezing it in portions sounds a brilliant idea!:beer:

sb44

anguk wrote: »

It was in Heron Frozen Foods. They're a bit like a cheaper Farmfoods, I think they're just in the North though?

I thought that might be the place when you said freezer centre.

Will have to have a look in the Longton one tomorrrow.

Ta.

anguk

sb44 wrote: »

I thought that might be the place when you said freezer centre.

Will have to have a look in the Longton one tomorrrow.

Ta.

I don't know if all the stores are the same but I found the passata on the shelves above the freezers with the other pasta/noodle stuff.

lynzpower

God I wish we had heron down here we used to have one in Gatreshead I used to go to when I was at uni up there, and there are quite a few in the north west.

Love trying to fathom whose brand name is under the black marker ( do they still do that)

I went mad once and bought about 5 M&S gateaux. I had no room in the freezer though. So I just gave thme away to housemates

Altogether now

"its only cheap if you were going to buy it anyway"