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Freezing Sausage Rolls and Mince Pies

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Asked on 27 Oct 2020 by PatB

Hi.
I have started to think about Christmas cooking. I have for many years used Delia's recipe for mincemeat for my mince pies with great success. This year however i can not do my Christmas baking in one hit around 23rd December owing to problems with my back and knees so i want to do them and my sausage rolls in small batches and then freeze them ready for the big day( i have to make quite a lot of them) for my mob. Should i make them (i use shop pastry) and cook them before freezing or should i freeze them uncooked. I have never tried freezing either of them before ,
Please could you advise me thankyou.
Mr Pat Bradley

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Lindsey, Food Editor replied

Hello Pat,

For the mince pies we prefer to bake, cool and freeze. Then defrost and warm as and when needed.

If reheating cooked mince pies that have been recently made or defrosted, put them on an oven tray and give them about 6 -7 minutes at 180C in a conventional oven or if they are still frozen give them a few minutes more.

For the sausage rolls you can open-freeze the uncooked sausage rolls (before you glaze them with egg wash) until solid, then store them in a rigid plastic container. Then glaze them and cook from frozen, allowing an extra 10 minutes’ cooking time for defrosting. 

Or Delia’s preferred option now is to freeze the cooked, cooled sausage rolls in polythene boxes and remove a few at a time as and when you need them. Defrost them for an hour at room temperature and then warm them in a hot oven for 5 minutes.

Best wishes

Lindsey

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