How to Freeze Pasta

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In general, try to only cook the amount of pasta you're going to eat. However, if you just can't finish that huge lasagna you made, here are some tips for storing it.

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Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Pasta
Freezer Containers
Pasta Fork
Pasta Strainers
Plastic Freezer Bags

Step 1

Be sure cooked, plain pasta is dry before freezing. (You don't want ice crystals to form on it.)
Step 2

Place cooked, plain pasta in air-free plastic freezer bags or plastic containers.
Step 3

Freeze lasagna, baked ziti, and other prepared pasta dishes in glass or plastic baking dishes and cover with aluminum foil and plastic wrap.
Step 4

Freeze pasta dishes that contain meat for up to two or three months.
Step 5

Thaw pasta in refrigerator, then reheat.

Tips & Warnings

Baked pasta dishes, such as lasagna, baked ziti, and other casseroles, freeze best.
If you have extra pasta sauce, freeze the sauce and pasta separately (or just freeze the sauce and make new pasta when the time comes, which is probably a better bet).
Keep freezer temperature set to 0 degrees F.
Do not refreeze pasta dishes once thawed.

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on 2/15/2009 In my opinion, Lasagna tastes better after freezing. Make sure to seal container of lasagna properly before freezing. I make my lasagna with a fairly good quantity of sauce, which results in it tasting even better when reheating in the oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. You do not need to defrost lasagna before reheating, but it will take longer to heat it to serving temperature. Baked Ziti dishes also freeze very well.