Freezing French Bread? ? ?

OoOGazOoO

Hi all - might sound like a strange question but will fresh French bread be ok to freeze?

Only reason i ask is that we want fresh bread on Christmas Day, therefore i was going to get some French sticks and Pain de Campagne Longue or Batards, etc...

Will it be fairly fresh if i were to put it in the freezer as soon as i got back from the shop, and then used on Christmas Day?

Thanks all.

Diflower

Yes it'll be fine, cut into sections, wrap each in clingfilm. It doesn't keep very long, a week or so. If I buy a French stick I freeze bits like this even just overnight.

minimad1970

Why don't you buy the part baked ones, they do all varieties.

zenseeker

minimad1970 wrote: »

Why don't you buy the part baked ones, they do all varieties.

These ones taste much much better too.

OoOGazOoO

minimad1970 wrote: »

Why don't you buy the part baked ones, they do all varieties.

Ive never seen part baked French Sticks or the Pain de Campagne Longue or Batards, etc...

I have only seen part baked baguettes and ciabattas, which i dont really want.

DCFC79

OoOGazOoO wrote: »

Ive never seen part baked French Sticks or the Pain de Campagne Longue or Batards, etc...

I have only seen part baked baguettes and ciabattas, which i dont really want.

well the part baked baguettes arent called french baguettes, they are small baguettes somtimes 2 in a pack and sold with the bread items eg rolls etc in the supermarkets,

OoOGazOoO

DCFC79 wrote: »

well the part baked baguettes arent called french baguettes, they are small baguettes somtimes 2 in a pack and sold with the bread items eg rolls etc in the supermarkets,

Yeh thank you, but im not really looking for those, i want the actual French sticks or longer bread.

DCFC79

OoOGazOoO wrote: »

Yeh thank you, but im not really looking for those, i want the actual French sticks or longer bread.

yeh i know your after the french sticks(if you can call them frech sticks as they have hardly seen any of france) and not the part baked ones, i was just providing the info as to what they were,

irishminx

When u go to reheat it just sprinkle it with water and pop into a hot oven for a few minutes. This will give u fresh crusty bread again!!

OoOGazOoO

irishminx wrote: »

When u go to reheat it just sprinkle it with water and pop into a hot oven for a few minutes. This will give u fresh crusty bread again!!

Great.

Thank you!

iashem

the only thing worth freezing is french bread, the rest of the products come in frozen and are re-heated, the quality is not going to be very good if they are refrozen again