Can you freeze pork pie for a short period.

Charleygirl5

NotSpaghetti is correct- please do not freeze if it says specifically not to do so.

Why not?

Interested to know if your reasoning on this 'advice' is different from mine. Why shouldn't you refreeze previously frozen foodstuffs?

NotSpaghetti is correct- please do not freeze if it says specifically not to do so.

I'd be surprised if they'd previously been frozen, though an ingredient, such as the meat, might have been frozen before it was used. But if the pie has been cooked, cooled, and stored correctly after manufacture, there should be no danger of bacterial contamination (which is the main reason why advice is to not refreeze previously frozen foodstuffs)

I'd freeze it.

I buy pork pies from a local butcher and leave them in the freezer for months.

I think pork pies are almost always sold fresh, not frozen - and not frozen by manufacturer and unfrozen by shop before sale either.

If it has been frozen somewhere in the chain before you get it then NO.

Different if you are certain it's not been

I would never freeze if I wasn't 100% certain.

Me too, Cassie, in fact I have one currently in the freezer - could someone remind me to get it out please.

I have always frozen mine with no problems.

We've often purchased pork pie and frozen it. Sometimes it's been a pork pie from the "reduced" section, (i.e. is at it's "use by" date) but we've never had any problems with this. I think that the important thing is once thawed, to refrigerate it immediately (or even let it thaw overnight in the fridge) and to eat it within a day or two. I should mention that we only ever buy "good quality" pork pie, from a reputable supplier.

Wondering if the supermarket have been frozen before?

My partner buys small pork pies in bulk from a favourite butcher and freezes them. They're absolutely fine.

If it says don't freeze, I wouldn't. I freeze almost everything, but never pork pie.