Can You Freeze Tomato Tart?

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A tomato tart is the perfect picnic dish, light lunch or summer dinner. If you want to get ahead and make it in advance, what’s the best

How to Freeze Tomato Tart

Freezing tomato tart is a simple process, but we recommend following our instructions to ensure you maintain as much quality as possible.

1. Cool: Making sure it is cool before you place it into the freezer is a great way to ensure you avoid bacterial growth over time. The warmth and humidity inside the freezer can lead to a great environment for bacteria. Therefore, cooling food properly is the way to go.
2. Freeze on a Tray: Place the tomato tart onto a baking tray once cooled, and freeze it until it’s solid. This will be especially relevant if you’re using puff pastry, as that’s flexible and brittle all at once.
3. Wrap: Wrap the frozen solid tomato tart in a layer of cling film, and ensure that the film is pressed to the surfaces of the tart. This will prevent air from contacting the tart, which would draw out flavour over time.
4. Freeze: Freeze the tomato tart in the centre of your freeze to ensure the pastry doesn’t get freezer burned. If it’s frozen into a solid sheet well, then you can turn the tart on its side and freeze it vertically to save a little space.

3 Tips for Freezing Tomato Tart

Now you know how to freeze it, we’ve got our 3 top tips which we strongly recommend following when freezing tomato tart to have the best results:

Avoid Wet Toppings
When you’re topping a tomato tart that’s fresh from the oven, you might want to add a drizzle of olive oil or balsamic vinegar. We advise against this, as a liquid on the surface of the tart would freeze poorly.

Press Film to the Surface
Pressing the cling film directly to the pastry and filling of the tart is a great way to ensure they don’t get frost or condensation directly on them. This helps as, during the thawing process, that frost would thaw and lead to a damaged final consistency in the tart. 

Avoid Fresh Herbs
Fresh herbs typically don’t freeze well due to their large water content. To that end, it’s best to save fresh herbs until right before serving rather than placing them on a tart that’s destined for the freezer. 

How Long Can You Freeze Tomato Tart?

You can freeze tomato tart for around 4 months before it starts to degrade. This will typically take the shape of the pastry, getting more watery over time as frost starts to form on it.

This will lead to a less strong tart, which can have a poor texture when you come to eat it.

How Do You Defrost Tomato Tart?

The easy way to defrost pastry- or bread-based items is to bake them directly from frozen. Generally speaking, we recommend baking your totally unwrapped tomato tart for around ten minutes at the temperature the recipe recommends for the initial baking phase.

That is usually enough time to totally thaw the tart, and bring it to a great temperature for eating.

Can You Refreeze Tomato Tart?

Yes, you can refreeze tomato tart.

There is no dairy, fish, or meat in the tart, meaning that it can be safely refrozen. However, we wouldn’t recommend it.

The pastry of a tart or a pie can weaken with repeated freezing, so thawing and freezing the tomato tart several times over will typically reduce its overall quality quite intensely.

Does Tomato Tart Freeze Well?

Yes, tomato tart does freeze well.

The main reason for this is the same reason that most pastry tends to freeze well. That being: it’s very dense, so there’s little chance for air bubbles to disrupt the shape and structure of the pastry or the tart overall.

Related FAQs

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