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Title: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: KerrynN on April 30, 2012, 08:37:46 am

Hi
I have made a lasagna for dinner tonight but have heaps of the cheese mix left over. It is uncooked and has cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, parmesan, nutmeg and a small amount of milk. Can I freeze this? I can't think what else I would make with it.
Thanks,
Kerryn

Title: Re: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: cookie1 on April 30, 2012, 08:58:22 am

Not sure, sorry.

Title: Re: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: dede on April 30, 2012, 09:01:32 am

What about a pasta or potato bake for another night soon to use up the cheese sauce?
Otherwise I guess if your not going to use it then would be worth trying to freeze it to see if it works ok.

Sorry I'm not much help :)

Title: Re: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: judydawn on April 30, 2012, 01:03:50 pm

Reading this (http://www.stockpilingmoms.com/2011/02/can-you-freeze-cottage-cheese/) I would say yes Kerryn.  I have frozen one or the other before (can't remember which one it was, ricotta I think) and as long as it is used in cooking (eg lasagne) it should be fine.

You could try Brazen's chicken & ricotta crepes  (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=153.0) using your mixture in place of the plain ricotta.

Then there is CC's stuffed pasta shells (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=3985.0) which could be adapted to use up your mixture. 

I do one similar to this but not the same  ;) by precooking large pasta shells for 3 mins, cool then drain. Fill with ricotta & cottage cheese mixed with cooked and well drained spinach.  Combine some vegie stock with tomato pasta sauce, pour 1/2 into the bottom of a large casserole dish, top with filled pasta, pour remaining sauce over the top and sprinkle with parmesan. Cook mod oven 1 hour. Serves 6 people if you use 30 large pasta shells. I can give you the correct quantities if you want to try this one.

Title: Re: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: gertbysea on April 30, 2012, 07:14:43 pm

Brilliant Judy. Also could use canalloni tubes. Once cooked you could then  freeze it successfully.

Gert

Title: Re: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: fundj&e on April 30, 2012, 08:34:57 pm

KerrynN you can freeze the mixture or you can add some bacon,eggs and some spinch and make a  quiche

Title: Re: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: mcmich on April 30, 2012, 10:07:53 pm

I've frozen bechamel sauce before so it should be fine or make one of the dishes suggested. The quiche sounds yummy.

Title: Re: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: Twitterpated on May 01, 2012, 12:11:07 am

I have frozen something similar and reheated successfully. On one occasion I found that when reheated it seemed to want to curdle/split so I gave it a quick zap in the TMX and all was fine.

Title: Re: Freeze cottage and ricotta cheese mix?
Post by: KerrynN on May 01, 2012, 07:22:52 am

Thanks everyone! JD that dish sounds yummy too! I am completely snowed under with study and work and sick kids at the moment so will pop it in the freezer for a calmer time. Am relying heavily on the menu planning to eliminate one extra thing to have to think about each day, and I don't have the extra head space for figuring out anything else I could do with it first.
Thanks again!