OOD puff pastry

SmarterNotHarder

I have a packet of puff pastry in the fridge, the date on it is 09/12/2015. It is as yet unopened, and was a chilled packet as oppsosed to frozen. Will it still be ok to use?

TIA for your help.

meritaten

logically, the ingredients in the puff pastry have long shelf lives. I would open it and check its ok (have a back-up plan for pastry). if it looks ok and smells ok it should be fine to use.

camelot1001

As above but check it isn't too wet, sometimes goes slimy when out of date.

SmarterNotHarder

Thank you to you both for your help, I will attempt to use it tomorrow.

purpleivy

I think if it looks OK it will be. I used a pack just after Christmas that was a few weeks out of date. I have had in date pastry mouldy before now, but this was absolutely fine. I made a mincemeat jalousie and they all loved it! I didn't tell them the provenance of the pastry of course though!

VfM4meplse

meritaten wrote: »

if it looks ok and smells ok it should be fine to use.

I'd recommend the sniff test.

I've got a nose like a bloodhound and trust it implicitly.

HappyMJ

As mentioned it goes slimy when it's old and once cooked might not be as flaky as you would expect.

Feral_Moon

I've just used a pack dated end of October and it's absolutely fine

Feral_Moon

purpleivy wrote: »

I think if it looks OK it will be. I used a pack just after Christmas that was a few weeks out of date. I have had in date pastry mouldy before now, but this was absolutely fine. I made a mincemeat jalousie and they all loved it! I didn't tell them the provenance of the pastry of course though!

It was your post that actually inspired me to use both the OOD pastry in the fridge along with a jar of mincemeat I bought several years ago, having googled what a jalousie was. Perfect combination and everyone loved it :T

Thank you :beer: