Freezing Mashed Potato

melorac

Wow... Thanks to all who replied. I didn't know you could freeze mash.. but will be from now on. Not only money saving.. but time saving.. my favourite economical lesson.

Many thanks to astep70uk for asking the question

astep70uk

Thanks everyone for all your answers. Hopefully this'll save me some time :j

debjam

I have tried this over the weekend - I froze mashed and part boiled for roast. Then used them yesterday for sunday roast, they came out lovely OH thought they tasted great (even though I put butter in mash and he is definite he doesn't like butter in his mash!).

I was a little concerned as the potatoes for roasting looked like they had black buts in them when I took them out of the freezer but they came out fine once they had been roasted so not sure what that was.

Thanks for the hints I will now be off to buy a large bag of spuds and will spend the next few days peeling, boiling/mashing and freezing.

Skint_Catt

Fan - bloody - tastic! ! !

C xx

Ravenmyst2003

Yahoo!! I have an answer for once!!
Your roasties had black butts because they weren't wrapped securely and the cold got in. Yes, I know they were in a freezer, I am merely passing on a wisdom I collected recently!
Never knew about freezing mash, though. My life just got a whole lot easier and I will be throwing out far less potatoes in the future, thanks!

Pink.

Hi astep,

I've added your thread to the main 'Can I freeze mash thread' to keep all the suggestions together.

Pink

astep70uk

Thanks everyone for your help! A couple more questions then I'm done:

When I take my mash out of the freezer, does it have to be defrosted first before I nuke it in the microwave?

When I take my chips out of the freezer, do they also need to be defrosted before I deep fry them or can I just put them straight into the hot oil??

taxi97w

I nuke my frozen mash straight from the freezer. Depending on the size of the portions and if you nuke frozen peas, brocolli etc with it, but I cook for 5mins then turn the pototo over and cook for a further 5mins with other veg included.

The frozen chips would go straight into the fryer too- like frozen chips from the supermarket.

angie_loves_veg

When I take my mash out of the freezer, does it have to be defrosted first before I nuke it in the microwave?

You could cook on high straight from frozen OR you could do a couple of mins on defrost, then a couple on high. Never seems to make any difference.

I do defrost it first though if it will be cooked again, eg as a cottage pie topping, or as an ingredient in fishcakes/bubble and squeak etc

When I take my chips out of the freezer, do they also need to be defrosted before I deep fry them or can I just put them straight into the hot oil

Don't defrost - they will never be quite the same. Put straight in the oil from frozen, but go in slowly (not in a huge rush!) to minimise the oil getting too excited :eek: :eek:

emptypocketz

made with a small bit of marge and semi-skimmed milk? got some leftover in the pan and I am trying to follow old-style

Thanks x