Freezing pizza dough

kerri_gt

Apologies if this has been asked previously, my search function won't go past page 1 without and error.

I'm making HM pizza tomorrow for dinner, got one lot of dough in the freezer and will whip up another batch. The frozen dough was my first bash at pizza dough and worked out well. I froze it as a round ball and have previously rolled out to cook when thawed. But this still takes pre-planning.

I'm going to freeze some more dough tomorrow, can I roll it out before freezing and then just grab it out from the freezer as needed, chuck some topping on and cook like a shop bought frozen pizza? OH is a pizza gannet and this would be great for him.

Could I also spread some hm pizza base sauce on and freeze that ready for toppings and chucking in the oven?

we both like the bases quite thin so I'm hoping this would counter a possible issue of toppings cooking before the base?

Magpye

I think that if you're freezing the dough rolled out into bases, you may need to part bake it so it retains its shape and doesn't get waterlogged by the sauce and toppings.

kerri_gt

Thanks Magpye, just found another thread on here all about it ....and seems there's no one answer lol!

VfM4meplse

Magpye wrote: »

I think that if you're freezing the dough rolled out into bases, you may need to part bake it so it retains its shape and doesn't get waterlogged by the sauce and toppings.

I think you're right - in fact I would be tempted to cook it fully (restrict toppings to those that freeze well such as sweetcorn, peppers, onion and mushrooms), and then stick it in the oven from frozen with fresh cherry tomatoes and cheese when you want to eat it.

JulieGeorgiana

If I freeze bases I part bake (5 minutes) then I add toppings and then freeze, then chuck it in the oven from frozen.

I prefer to freeze the bases rolled out with no toppings, but that's just so I can choose my toppings when I want them.

They also defrost ok too

Jacksmummy

I'm another that part bakes pizza bases before freezing, always had fab results.