How To Prepare Jacket Potatoes For Freezing
If you are not want to eat the jacket potatoes immediately after cooking do not add any toppings.
How to prepare jacket potatoes for freezing. They should be slightly firm in the center. You need to have a baking sheet aluminum foil plastic wrap and freezer friendly airtight bags. Once baked put the cooked potatoes in a baking sheet.
If you plan on baking. To freeze mashed potatoes place them into individual size servings on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Let the potatoes cool completely on a baking sheet.
Bake the potatoes for 30 to 40 minutes 30 minutes for medium sized and 40 minutes for large and unwrap them. Mold each serving into the shape of hamburger like patties. Instructions scrub your potatoes peel them if you want and chop or shred them to your preference note.
How to freeze baked potatoes. Less fancy but just as welcome on a chilly sunday evening are twice baked jacket potatoes. Baked potatoes are also easy to store and last up to ten months in the freezer.
Prepare the twice baked potatoes through the step of stuffing. Let the bakers cool to room temperature on a sheet pan and then place them in the freezer. Remove the frozen baked potatoes from the freezer.
Bake as normal then mix the flesh with cheese and sour cream return it to the skins and freeze well. Wrap the mashed potatoes in plastic wrap then store them in an air tight freezer bag. Remove the potatoes when they are heated thoroughly or until the potatoes reach a safe internal temperature of 73 9 degrees celsius.