So I do freeze this Christmas pie cooked or uncooked?

[bytheMoonlight]

I made this Christmas pie last year for boxing day and everyone loved it.

But this year I need to make it in advance as I will have a newborn and a toddler at Christmas

So should I cook the pastry or freeze it uncooked?

I think you could cook all the ingredients for the filling and leave to get cold, then roll out pastry and assemble the pie, give it a good chill in the fridge before freezing unbaked. Be sure you defrost thoroughly before baking, which could take some time. Pastry freezes well due to its high fat content.

Thanks girly, if I took it out on Christmas Eve and left it in the fridge till it needed cooking on Boxing Day, would that work do you think?

I think so. Otherwise people would never get their enormous frozen meat joints thawed! Even 24 hrs would be O.K. and the pie will have a good long bake. I meant to add buy fresh ready-made pastry or make your own, don't thaw frozen pastry to make the pie and re-freeze without cooking it.

Oooh that was a lovely pie; I had quite forgotten it!

I'd freeze as said below tbh.

And I will make it agin even though we're away- take with us. Yumj.

Not sure I'd remember to take it out Christmas day so I'll do it last thing Christmas Eve.

Would it need baking longer than the recipe says?

Its lovely isn't it Scary!

Only if your oven temperature is too low. You can check it with an oven thermometer.

The christmas pie (and the freezing of it) is discussed here and here

HTH. Thinking of making it myself!

Thanks domestic, appreciate the links ... even if one of them is for direct toys

Oops! That's what happens when you have too many tabs open at once

this was the other one (I hope)!

Thanks domestic, after reading them I think I'll stick to freezing it unnamed as a couple of other people mentioned soggy pastry as well

*unnamed unbaked