Freezing - Tips and Quick Questions thread

Chris25

well, I've frozen it before although I was surprised how much water came out of it when defrosted. Also blasted it in the oven when defrosted to have hot.

squeaky

Hiya,

At the very top of the board we have this sticky thread:-

Quick questions on ANYTHING (see first post for Freezing, Reheating, Slow Cooker, +)

And in the very first post is a link for the quick questions on freezing thread. Which is where I'm going to move your post to now

And, yes, it gets a bit watery when defrosting, just pour it off before reheating.

ness_w

I think you can freeze the dough, but can you freeze the finished item? Our osing is going well except that when I cook up a big batch of something to last a week, if it doesn't get frozen then it gets eaten in a day. The cookies I make contain the usual flour, marge, sugar plus porridge oats, an egg and whatever else gets put in - dried fruit, nuts, choc chips, lemon zest etc.

Thanks, Ness.

Telute

http://www.cookieclubrecipes.com/freezingcookies.htm

The answer appears to be yes - the site above has tips for how to do it.

ness_w

That's fantastic! Thanks.

Ness.

lil_me

I find they go a little soft usually when they are defrosted, but we like them like that. Freeze them in small usable batches as they might stick together. You could put something between the ones in the seperate amounts to stop them sticking too, maybe greaseproof or similar.

bertiebots

Hi I am a little confused as to were I should ask this being new but here goes..!:rolleyes: Does anyone know if you can freeze cooked risotto. I have loads of chicken left over from yesterday and thought I would make double what I usually do ,but dont know if the rice will go mushy when frozen . Thanks for all the great ideas by the way..I never thaught of freezing wine!:p

squeaky

bertiebots wrote: »

Hi I am a little confused as to were I should ask this being new but here goes..!:rolleyes: Does anyone know if you can freeze cooked risotto. I have loads of chicken left over from yesterday and thought I would make double what I usually do ,but dont know if the rice will go mushy when frozen . Thanks for all the great ideas by the way..I never thaught of freezing wine!:p

This is exactly the right place

There's an older thread that has the answers. See:--

Risotto - can you freeze it?

bertiebots

Thanks for that!! I will do it next time as we all got a bit peckish :rolleyes: so I just made enough for today to play it safe...am going to make a chicken pie tomorrow instead:D !

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

I've got leftover beef from sunday. How do I freeze it? In a bag or a tub? There's not much and is a mixture of slices and crumbly bits - some fatty, some nice. Haven't a clue what I'm going to do with it, just don't want to throw it out.