Don't have time to prepare a dessert before the celebration? Then bake a pie with any filling, freeze it in the freezer, and preheat it in the oven before serving. A step-by-step recipe with a photo of how to freeze a shortbread pie with apples. Video recipe.
Not all housewives know that biscuits, bread, pastries, gingerbread, pies, rolls, pies and other pastries with apples, custard or other filling are suitable for freezing. After all, there are pastries that are as good as freshly baked as possible, and the next day and the following days, they are no longer so beautiful. Therefore, immediately after cooling, the product can be frozen in the freezer, whole or cut into pieces. Some products, like cakes and biscuits, can be frozen with or without cream. Since many creams (for example, butter or custard) tolerate freezing well. In addition, you can freeze pies and pies raw or cooked.
To freeze raw food, place the dough in the silicone baking dish in which you plan to bake it in the oven. Place the mold in the freezer and stand until completely frozen. Then transfer the cake from the baking dish to a chilling tray of a suitable shape and leave it in the storage compartment. But it will significantly save time and energy, pies and pies frozen ready-made. Therefore, today we will learn how to freeze a shortcrust cake with apples.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 358 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 15 minutes of active work for freezing, plus time for freezing
Ingredients:
Shortcake with apples - any quantity
Step-by-step preparation of freezing shortbread pie with apples, recipe with photo:
1. Bake the cake on a baking sheet according to the recipe. In this case, I still have a piece of the pie that I haven't eaten. Therefore, I will freeze it in chopped pieces. If you need to keep the whole shape of the product, then do the same with the whole cake. So, cut the shortcrust cake with apples into portions.
2. Cut the cling film into squares and place the pie slices in portions.
3. Wrap each piece of cake with cling film. Make sure all edges are securely sealed to prevent excessive air ingress. Label the outer wrapper with the current date and content. This will tell you how long the pie has been in the freezer. Since the finished product can be stored in the freezer for 2-3 months without loss of quality.
4. For easy storage of the product, place the frozen shortbread apple pie in a plastic container. Send the item to freeze in the freezer and freeze until the soft core is frozen to ice.
How to defrost a ready-made frozen shortbread apple pie?
Remove the frozen pie from the freezer and without defrosting immediately, place on a baking sheet, which is sent to a heated oven to 180 degrees. Keep the cake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until it is completely warmed up. I draw your attention to the fact that it is not recommended to defrost the cake before heating. Defrosting beforehand can make the crust soggy.
Also, the pie can be defrosted in the microwave oven at a power of 850 kW for 1-4 minutes, depending on the size of the piece. This is, of course, the fastest way to defrost. However, it can damage the texture of the dish. The baked goods will not be crispy, but rather soft and may become out of shape. Therefore, I still do not recommend defrosting the cake in the microwave.
See also a video recipe on how to freeze and thaw baked goods.
