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I just make up extra when I'm making fresh pizza, so base, sauce and toppings and then open freeze it for 1/2 an hour and then bag them up. I cook them from frozen - 15-20 mins depending on size.0 -
can i make the base - add the tomato sauce and cheese and then freeze uncooked or would it be possible to lightly cook the pizza then freeze it like that?
I bought some mozzarella last friday and the date is up on it on friday - thought if i made 2 pizza's the kids could eat one and i could freeze the other....
thank you:rotfl:five children? I must be mad........ :rotfl:
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Now I've not tried this myself, so this is not from experience, but from last week's Spendaholics on BBC3!! They made a large batch of pizzas, wrapped them in clingfilm and put them in the freezer, uncooked.
I personally would also do it this way, then it has the nice freshly cooked smell and taste rather than possibly a re-heated smell.
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thank you for that - will make a couple tomorrow then i think
hmmmm - feel hungry now:rotfl:five children? I must be mad........ :rotfl:
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great idea , but the dough is really soft when uncooked, so how would i freeze it without ending up with a funny shaped pizza base if u get my drift. do u need to put a bit of cardboard of something under the base before freezing ? then remove this before cooking0
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If I'm freezing a pizza, I make it up right up until the point it should go in the oven. Put it on a baking sheet and then pop it in the freezer - once it's frozen (and therefore will stay flat), remove the baking sheet.0
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ah, good idea. will try that then.0
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Recently I have started part baking my pizza bases so that I can make them in the afternoon when my son has a nap and then they only take about 5-10 mins to cook at tea time. (It means I'm not wrestling him for the rolling pin!:rotfl:)
Anyway...when they've been part baked for 5 minutes they're a bit more rigid and hold their shape but still not cooked IYSWIM. They may freeze better this way. I don't know as I've not tried it myself :rolleyes::smileyhea0 -
I made some pizza bases, and put them straight in the freezer uncooked on greaseproof paper, when i defrosted them, i couldnt get them off the paper, and ruined the lot of them!!!! Next time, i would either part cook them, or make sure i freeze them on something i can put straight into the oven!!!!0
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I have part baked the base with nothing on top,and then frozen it in a freezer bag.
Then when you want to use it,take it from the freezer and put all the toppings on and bung it in the oven ,still partly frozen.
They have always turned out fine doing it this way( but you do lose the freshly baked texture)0
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