can you freeze coconut milk and thai paste

mrs_baggins

bought loads of cans of coconut milk the other week at aldi and actually used one last night!! well half anyway in a curry with some thai green curry paste. does anyone know if you can freeze the leftovers? I have half a can of milk and a fair bit of the paste remaining and i probably wont make another one in the next few days. I have frozen milk but its usually semi skimmed but this stuff is obviously fullfat variety! and the paste? have never frozen anything like that either to be honest so dont know if you can but I cant see any reason not to? unless someone else knows better.

snoogiewoogie

absolutely, I always do that if I have half a can left!!

aimeelister

I put coconut milk in ice cube trays, that way i can pull out as much as i need and pop the cubes in. Saves defrosting loads and then having to make something with it!

mrs_baggins

Now why didnt I think of that??? thanks both!

Gers

What a timely post. Got ¾ tin of coconut milk light sitting in my fridge. And I've got some ice cube bags lurking in the back of one of my cupboards.

Thanks!

**purpleprincess**

I regularly freeze coconut milk!! Although pre-MSE I never did, just chucked it!!!

mrs_baggins

me too! but every penny counts at the mo so am being picky about whats been thrown, I even cut the mouldy bits off some cheese and put it in hubby's sandwiches!! he survived! just as well really

**purpleprincess**

I always cut mouldy bits of cheese too!!!

aimeelister

Me too! Some went in my sandwich yesterday!

alec_eiffel

We had a similar problem with coconut milk as there's only the two of us and we never needed a full tin.

We have taken to buying a box of Pataks creamed coconut. There are 4 sachets to a box and it costs 50p at Asda or 75p at Sainsburys. You just put a sachet into some hot water to melt it a bit then add to your curry (or whatever) with some water and it does the trick wonderfully.

mrs_baggins

I am so glad! I thought it was just me that used mouldy cheese!!! will have a llok for that coconut in sachets. only bought the tins as they were on offer at lidl or aldi!