Topic: freezing potatoes

[Bethesda]

i parboiled some potatoes for 7 mins, drained them and put them out to cool before freezing them.
they appear to have gone grey!
 does anyone know what i did wrong?
i was planning to use them for roasties

[tricia]

I always cool them immediately in cold water, pat them dry and freeze right away. Never had any problem and they are fine to roast from frozen in the usual way.

Tricia

[Bethesda]

thanks for replying tricia, how do you cool them in water? do you rinse them under the tap or leave them to stand in the water until cool?

[tricia]

I put them in iced water for a couple of minutes. They cool pretty quickly.

Tricia

[Bethesda]

thanks for your help tricia!

[PurpleHeather]

They will still roast, when golden brown and crisp no one notices.



Let them thaw before re-heating.

[Jeannine]

You can do chips too. Next time you make chips from scratch chip a lot more than you need, fry the extras for only a minute or so, drain them on paper towel then freeze loose on a tray, when frozen pack as usual. When you are in a hurry they are all ready to go in the pan and they are way way better than the frozen ones you buy.

XX Jeannine

[Bethesda]

thank you for the replies! i'll try the chips later today

[Vinlander]

There's a lot of good science to say that refried chips taste much better - at the easy end it's simply frying pale and rushed chip-shop chips in olive oil - makes them twice as good.

At the other end of the spectrum is the Heston Blumenthal way:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/heston_blumenthal/article631377.ece

But it really works.

[Hyacinth]

things your impecunious student son teaches you!...........NEVER throw away chip-shop chips - yes they really do freeze and re-fry and they're as delicious as any other twice-fried chip.  (thanks, Boy, for that handy hint - all that expensive education was worth it ;D) - signed, Your Mum