Can you freeze sage and onion stuffing balls?
Yes, before its final cook. Freeze the pieces on a lined tray until firm, then pack them into a container.
How to freeze and defrost it, with the Food Standards Agency’s advice at each step.
The recipe
One batch makes 8 portions.
Ingredients for 8 portions
Method
Prep
- Peel onions and chop them finely.
- Pick the leaves from sprig of fresh sage and sprig of thyme, and chop them finely.
- Whizz white bread into crumbs in a food processor and tip them into your biggest bowl.
Cook the onions
- Melt salted butter in a frying pan over a medium-low heat. Fry the onions for 10 minutes until soft and golden.
- Stir in the herbs for 1 minute, then tip it all into the breadcrumbs and leave to cool for 10 minutes.
Roll the balls
- Beat medium egg and add it to the bowl with salt and black pepper. Mix with your hands until it holds together, adding a splash of water if it's dry.
- Roll into 24 balls about the size of a walnut and lay them on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Drizzle over sunflower oil.
To eat now
- Heat the oven to 200°C fan.
- Bake for 25 minutes, turning halfway, until crisp and golden.
How to freeze
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cool any warm dishes before putting them in your freezer
, says the Food Standards Agency. - Spread them out on a lined tray and freeze until firm, then pack into your container.
How to defrost
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the safest way to defrost food is in the fridge overnight
, says the Food Standards Agency. - Take it out of its container.
- Heat it in the oven until it’s steaming hot all the way through and crisp, turning halfway.
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it is important that food is cooked to steaming hot throughout, rather than warmed
, says the Food Standards Agency.
How we’d cook it, not advice. We don’t check recipes for allergens, and ingredients vary by brand, so check the label on everything you use. Prepare and cook food the way the Food Standards Agency says. Allergens and food safety
Nutrition
Per portion- Energy
- 198 kcal
- Fat
- 10.4g
- Carbohydrate
- 20.9g
- Protein
- 4.5g
Nutrition details
- Energy
- 198 kcal
- Fat
- 10.4g
- of which saturates
- 5.2g
- Carbohydrate
- 20.9g
- of which sugars
- 3.9g
- Fibre
- 1.7g
- Protein
- 4.5g
- Salt
- 1.1g
Estimated from ingredient data (98% of ingredients included).
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For Christmas Day
- Serve it with Any of the Christmas Day mains and the gravy.
- 3 each One batch makes 8 portions.
- Vegetarian
No special kit
- Works best in freezer bags Any freezer-safe container does the job too.
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Freezing and defrosting safely
The Food Standards Agency’s advice, in their words.
Label everything you freeze.
label food you freeze so you don’t end up with Unidentified Frozen Objects (UFOs)
The rest of the Food Standards Agency’s advice, in their words, is in our freezing and defrosting guide.
Sources
- Food Standards Agency How to chill, freeze and defrost food safely gov.uk
- Food Standards Agency Cooking your food gov.uk
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