Can you freeze ricotta cheese?
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You can but the texture will be different, sort of grainy, but it will still be fine for baked items including lasagna. It's recommended not to freeze for longer than six months.
I was moving into an apt. once and the maintenance guy was swapping out the fridges. He accidently put a small container of green olives and cottage cheese in the freezer.
Imagine my surprise when they thawed and were just as good as when they went in.
I have also frozen sliced onion, toms, and green peppers for two years and they made my spaghetti just fine.
I googled "foods I can freeze" and got a whole bunch of cool links.
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This question comes up again and again. Companies that manufacture ricotta seem to only sell it in one size, large, and we almost always have a lot of it left over. Since it's really rather expensive, it hurts to waste it. It can be frozen, but, as mentioned, the texture does suffer because of it.
What I'd like to see is ricotta packaged in smaller amounts so we don't have to deal with this problem. I cannot understand why a smaller container is not available. I stopped buying and using ricotta long ago and substitute cottage cheese in almost every recipe. I simply got sick of the expense and the waste.
I also started making my own ricotta when I really need some. It costs about the same to make as to buy, but tastes 1,000 times better and much fresher! Maybe we should send emails to these companies and ask them to start selling their product in smaller containers. After all, we're the customers and this is what we want. Why not ask? If we speak up they will listen.
I know this thread is a bit old, but if anyone is still paying attention:
I think sizes of container vary by location. I've always lived in very Italian areas and have always been able to get two sizes: Large 8 servings per container and larger which might be 32 servings, but I'm not sure.
Oops, didn't complete my thought: It might be the stores you shop at that you need to communicate to that you want the 8 serving size.
Walmart in Arlington, TX and Denver, CO sell smaller sizes of ricotta in store brand!
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