Can a meal using meat cooked from frozen be frozen again ?

worded

Say for example a shepard pie.

Frozen meat thawed and cooked in a pie. Can I then freeze the finished pies?

stargazer 68

Well I always do - chilli, lasagne etc and it hasnt killed any of us yet!

smcgiff

Saw a documentary a while back that demonstrated that, after a period of 24 hours, there were significanlty more bacteria on a piece of meat that was refrozen than meat placed in a fridge after freezing or left out in the open :eek:

mitosis

As you have cooked it in the interim, yes, it is OK to freeze.

The Hill Billy

@OP - Yes you can for the reason outlined in mitosis' post.

@All - No Food Safety Advice please.

tHB

Emeraldy Pebbles

worded wrote: »

Say for example a shepard pie.

Frozen meat thawed and cooked in a pie. Can I then freeze the finished pies?

Oh God, yes. This is how I manage to always have good homecooked food during the week.

Emeraldy Pebbles

smcgiff wrote: »

Saw a documentary a while back that demonstrated that, after a period of 24 hours, there were significanlty more bacteria on a piece of meat that was refrozen than meat placed in a fridge after freezing or left out in the open :eek:

If you heat it properly once thawed, it'll be fine. The bacteria will be killed. Dunno know if this is classed as food safety advice. It's just common sense really.

Faith

Rightio, I don't think this thread needs to remain open, seeing as the question has been answered.