Freezing - Tips and Quick Questions thread

DundeeDoll

zepsgal wrote: »

Should be perfectly fine to freeze. If there is one thing I've learned from these boards, everything is freezable lol x

yep same here. Very pleased with the tip of freezing leftover pesto in an icecube tray.

I've just made french onion soup, ciabatta bread and started a spicy sausage stew :beer: just wondering whether to chop and freeze the bulk of my bargain 5kg bag of onions from l!dl. We have quite a small freezer hence my hesitation.

zcrat41

Thanks! I've put it in, hopefully the cheese sauce'll come out ok

MunniMuncha

Dundeedoll - I bought 5kg of onions back a couple of months ago (maybe even 3) and have only just finished using them up. I didn't freeze them tho but left them hanging in their bag in the garage. Apart from a couple which went soft towards the end, the rest were fine. Need to buy another bag next week.

Well I have been a busy bee today and made:

Ham pie (pastry made from scratch:p) with a tin of condensed chicken soup and leeks

With leftover pastry made some jam tarts using JJ's micro pud recipe

Meatballs using 2 x tin toms, 1 x tin of beans, mushrooms, onions, spices, some fresh toms that needed using up and herbs

Beef stew - but cooked beef too long so a bit chewy, but will have to do this time

And a recipe I have never tried before thanks to JJ :A(again) peanut butter cookies - absolutely gorgeous

So quite pleased with myself

Oh yes and a rhubarb crumble:D

Also have mince in the slow cooker as used up some of the liquid from stew so that'll be another meal for in the week:j:j

Oliver14

zepsgal wrote: »

Should be perfectly fine to freeze. If there is one thing I've learned from these boards, everything is freezable lol x

Though some things defrost better than others;)

Eenymeeny

Oliver14 wrote: »

Though some things defrost better than others;)

True, hard boiled eggs are the only failures that I've discovered...:D

VfM4meplse

Eenymeeny wrote: »

True, hard boiled eggs are the only failures that I've discovered...:D

At least you didn't invest a lot of time or money into that particular experiment...

lostinrates

Eenymeeny wrote: »

True, hard boiled eggs are the only failures that I've discovered...:D

My butternut or pumkin soup doesn't either, which is a huge shame, as its something thats hard to make in smaller quantities....its not a low fat soup, and i am guessing the cream is the issue. It really is inedible though when it defrosts. I have tried four times now, and finally learnt my lesson.

joedenise

If you want to add cream to your soup you need to do it at the time of reheating. The pumpkin or butternut soup will freeze beautifully on it's own. Once defrosted and reheated just add the cream at that point and it will taste just the same as if you had just made the soup.

HTH.

Denise

Sheahaven

Has anyone successfully frozen.....
Runny honey?
Opaque (solid) honey? or
Honeycomb?

How long can it stay in deep freeze?
And can it be used again like normal when out of the freezer?

TIA

charlies-aunt

Honey should keep for years just in its jar in the cupboard because of its high sugar content so I won't bother freezing it