can I freeze cheese

exlibris

If you do freeze blocks of hard cheese it crumbles more when it has defrosted. This is OK unless you need sllices of cheese.

OT when doing cheese on toast, grated cheese goes farther than slices.

thriftlady_2

A good tip for weight watchers that I picked up from Nigella Lawson (not personally,you understand:D ) was to grate a load of hard cheese and weigh it out into 1 oz portions. Then, put it into little bags and freeze so that you have a ready cal-counted/WW pointed portion for your lunch time baked spud or sandwich. Defrosts quickly and goes further when grated.

I really must get round to doing it:rolleyes:

carrottopsuk

Just found this old thread I posted, what a great tip Thrift lady.

comping_cat

thriftlady wrote:

A good tip for weight watchers that I picked up from Nigella Lawson (not personally,you understand:D ) was to grate a load of hard cheese and weigh it out into 1 oz portions. Then, put it into little bags and freeze so that you have a ready cal-counted/WW pointed portion for your lunch time baked spud or sandwich. Defrosts quickly and goes further when grated.

I really must get round to doing it:rolleyes:

Now that is a good idea!!!! Like you thriftlady, must start doing that!!!!

tanith

I find any hard cheese that I have frozen becomes really crumbly when its defrosted.,,, it still tastes great but crumbles to nothing when trying to slice it....

BrandNewDay

I've heard it works best to grate it, first.

I've been told cream cheese freezes well, but the packaging says not to do it. I think I shall try it the next time I see a BOGOF on it.

CoD_2

I've frozen soft cheese like brie and blue cheeses before, it freezes fine.

LizEstelle

I agree with all the 'crumbly' comments. It's never bothered me that it doesn't slice too well after freezing since for me the taste is the thing which counts.

I imagine that goes for most people.

Maz6

Hi

I love cheese sandwiches but the block of cheese always goes mouldy before I can use it all. I was thinking of slicing it up and freezing it - has anyone tried this and does it work?

Thanks
Maz

comping_cat

Cheese freezes fine, although i normally grate the cheese before freezing as its easier to use (as a block it does go crumbly!!!) Ive just used some mozzerella that i had previously frozen and it was fine - i just froze it in its bag, water and all.