Freezing potatoes

paddy's_mum

I normally just peel and slice carrots and freeze as they are, without further ado such as blanching or fiddly prepping. Then when I need a handful of colour for a casserole, I sling a few in. Same if making up a big pan of soup.

I'll almost never freeze potato preferring to add it to the aforementioned big pan of soup but when I do, I make it into mash first, and then open freeze as dollops (the more polite among us would say neat and tidy spoonsful!) of individual portion size, laid out separately on a baking tray, allowed to freeze solid, and then decanted into a storage box. Smashing put straight from freezer into oven with a roast, and served as the very smartly named 'Duchesse potatoes". Hope that helps.

SPANIEL36

is it possible to freeze raw new potatoes? My daughter is onto dauphinois (sp) potatoes at the moment, i've just made a batch biut still have some new potatoes left over. Is is possible to slice them up and freeze them or will i have to cook them first then freeze?

Pink.

Hi Spaniel,

It's not possible to freeze potatoes without cooking them....they go black and ooze a yucky liquid. I know this because when putting the shopping away once I put a bag of potatoes into the freezer.

There's an earlier thread on freezing potatoes so I'll add your post to it as it helps to keep the replies together.

This thread may help too: Best way to freeze potatoes

Pink

sistercas

I have some jacket sized spuds and some new potatoes which will shortly be past there best. can i freeze them and how ? what about other veg can you freeze onions?

Penelope_Penguin

You can, but they're best cooked first

I'll add this to the existing "freezing potatoes" thread so that you can browse the answers there.

Penny. x

jasmine_from_the_north

Hi all. Might be a stupid question but I have 30kg of wilja potatoes that are affected by blight - basically they are ruined. Thinking of chopping the bad bits off and freezing the good bits. How do I freeze them? Is it just to put them in the bags and in the freezer?
Or any other ideas what to do? Any suggestions are very welcome. Thanks.

hampsterpoo

what about making leek & pototo soup in batches and freezing that , or making batches of mash ?
this link should help you
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=419007

lolarentt

Mashed potato freezes well if you do it in suitable size lumps - you can use it straight, put it on cottage pies or whatever. Otherwise I'd prepare wedges/chunky chip size pieces (par boil them briefly and drain, if you want to) give 'em a quick spray with an oil (many oil sprays available), loose freeze and then pack into bags later.

Jack's_mummy

I freeze part roasted potatoes. (home made aunt bessies lol)

jasmine_from_the_north

Thanks very much to you all, you have som great suggestions. I will check out the link on the MSE. So can't I just chop the potatoes into chips or wedges etc., put them in the bags and deep freeze straight away? I don't fancy part boiling or part roasting all that lot. Do you think the potatoes will go off if I just freeze them straight off? The soup is a good idea though. But how to cook it once it is out of the freezer? And I have never frozen mashed potato - do you defrost first then if you want to use it for e.g. cottage pie or just mash?