Can you freeze cooked pasta?

Sola

It's quite a 'dry' one as I cooked a lot of pasta, so no extra sauce. Would it go icky if frozen and reheated?

MATH

Pasta bake can go a bit brick like when chilled/frozen and then re-heated. I freeze the pasta and the sauce separately or freeze together but add more sauce or a tin of chopped toms or something once defrosted to loosen it back up. HTH

KittyKate

Yes you can but as MATH says it can go a bit brick like! I usually just stick my leftover bake in the fridge then eat it the next day, I cook it in the microwave with a bit of boiling water poured over it to ensure it doesn't dry out.

npsmama

I want to freezer several pasta meals.
Is it worth paying a bit more for good quality pasta or are they all the same?
I'm wondering if the cheap stuff will have a greater tendency to go mushy - even if I undercook it.

Bargain_Rzl

I have never had any trouble freezing pasta. I only use cheap to mid-price stuff for big batches - my reasoning is that if I'm going to get proper pricey stuff I want to make the most of it fresh.

Meals containing value pasta freeze perfectly well cooked (I then reheat in the microwave), as do meals containing own-brand pasta. I've never tried freezing anything posher than that

QuirkyChemistry

If you're worried, could you freeze the meat or sauce or whatever separately to the pasta? I've never had any problem using cheap pasta though.

blueneleh

Hi,

I'd advise to save your pennies and go for the dried pasta. they are much the same (in fact I prefer dried pasta) and dried pasta freezes fine - not sure about fresh as don't really buy it.
I find fresh pasta tends to go mushy when cooked as it has to be cooked for so little time that it is easily overcooked - if you freeze and then microwave when defrosted I would think it would go more mushy than the dried pasta.

Just a thought!

sillyvixen

if you are freezing cooked pasta with a sauce its a good idea to add a bit of water before reheating as pasta (and rice for that matter) soaks up moisture as it freezes. i often seem to cook too much pasta or rice (especially if i am entertaining - too muck better than not enough!!) and then end up making a pasta or rice salad for my packed lunch the next day.

kiaora57

Can you freeze tuna pasta?

Debt_Free_Chick

kiaora57 wrote: »

Can you freeze tuna pasta?

Made with tinned tuna, yes - I do this all the time. I make a tuna pasta and freeze any leftovers.

If the tuna was "fresh", but previously frozen, (which I doubt, but here-goes) then the usual rules apply. If the tuna was frozen and then cooked, it must be cooked thoroughly before being frozen (again) - and then, it must be fully defrosted before being thoroughly cooked again.

If the tuna was fresh and not previously frozen, then treat as for fresh meat/fish. Cook, freeze, thaw, reheat to piping hot.

I've just realised that the treatment is the same, irrespective of whether the original fish was frozen or not.

Have I got that right, then?