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Freezing home made pizza and dough

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  • Paulie'sGirl
    Paulie'sGirl Posts: 923 Forumite
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    Hi,

    I freeze pizza dough, but in my experience, because they become brittle when frozen they tend to take a bit of a beating in the freezer.

    I freeze the dough in a ball and then roll it out.

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  • Gigervamp
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    On the odd occasion that I have excess dough, I roll it out and add the tomato sauce, then put it in the freezer.

    Then it's just a case of adding the toppings.
  • purpleivy
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    I parbake mine, so that they're easier to handle. You can use them from frozen.
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  • foxgloves
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    Hi,
    Yes you can. I make enough dough to do 2 pizzas, and one of them goes in the freezer. I put the topping on though, then foil wrap it, then it can go straight in the oven from the freezer. Always seems to work. Maybe putting the topping on before freezing helps stop the base going brittle, I don't know.
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  • Zziggi
    Zziggi Posts: 2,485 Forumite
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    Brilliant! - Thanks everyone

    Purpleivy - how long do you parbake your base for?

    If you just freeze thedough in a ball - how long does it take to defrost?

    Goodbye bought frozen pizza, hello HM frozen pizza!!
  • elf06
    elf06 Posts: 1,547 Forumite
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    foxgloves wrote: »
    Hi,
    Yes you can. I make enough dough to do 2 pizzas, and one of them goes in the freezer. I put the topping on though, then foil wrap it, then it can go straight in the oven from the freezer. Always seems to work. Maybe putting the topping on before freezing helps stop the base going brittle, I don't know.


    Hi do you mean you just take the foil parcel out and pop it in the oven as it is or do you take the foil off?
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  • Butterfly_Brain
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    I open freeze mine with toppings, then when totally frozen I put them in a plastic bag
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  • samace83
    samace83 Posts: 256 Forumite
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    Hi
    I've been looking for the receipe for HM pizza base but I can't find the exact measurements - anyone have this info?
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  • funkymonkey849
    funkymonkey849 Posts: 622 Forumite
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    I've made a batch of pizza dough in the breadmaker and it's a bit much for two. Can I freeze the leftover dough, and if so is it better to freeze it as a lump or shape it into a base first?
  • Gigervamp
    Gigervamp Posts: 6,583 Forumite
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    I roll it out and part bake it, then freeze it. I'm pretty sure I've read on here of people who freeze the dough in balls too.
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