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Freezing Carbonara

OK, I've made enough carbonara penne for a couple of portions. However, since it's a sauce with quite a lot of cream in it, can it be put in the freezer? I know you can buy frozen carbonara ready meals, but those are packed with preservatives so I was thinking maybe that makes a difference?

Thanks.

Reply 1

smellslikemarmite

I would say so, you can freeze milk and cream, so I think it would be fine :smile:

Reply 2

Paeony

It might split a bit when you defrost it, and you need to be careful reheating it (specially if it's got eggs, not so much from a food safety pov but you might get lumpy bits) but it'll still taste ok, even if it doesn't look beautiful. As a rule, tomato based sauces freeze much better than cram/egg based ones.

Reply 3

Advise me

If you refrigerate for 5 days can you freeze and use again??

Reply 4

Kindred

Original post by Advise me

If you refrigerate for 5 days can you freeze and use again??

I would suggest you only freeze straight after cooking. Over the 5 days in the fridge it will have had time to spoil and is probably too far gone for freezing by now.

ps, it's best to make your own new thread rather than replying to old ones like this (2009) :smile:

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