Choux Pastry and the freezer

[RF1963]

Gents and indeed Ladies

I'm hoping at least one of you has the experience to answer this question:

Can choux pastry be frozen?

Can it then be thawed and piped out without difficulty?

Can baked choux pastry be frozen for use later?

Reason for these questions?

I decided to make some chocolate eclairs for my wife's return home tomorrow. I failed to notice the 'makes 30' part of the recipe. All went well until the piping when I realised I had an awful lot of pastry in relation to the space on the baking tray. Another baking tray was rushed into service. So I now have about 28 eclair cases cooling and tomorrow I'll start splitting them and do the whipped cream and chocolate icing thing; trouble is we won't eat all of them.

So I'm hoping the eclair cases can be frozen for use later. If not there's going to be a homebake sale

Next time, if possible, I'll freeze half the pastry and use it later.

So any advice will be gratefully received.

Thanks.

 

[kevinm]

Baked choux pastry can definitely be frozen and then reheated in the oven from frozen with excellent results.

 

[RF1963]

Thank you.

 

[Luc]

Why freeze them if you have to feed yourself for another 24hrs before she's back??

 

[jag613]

i believe it can be frozen and piped out after a little bit of warming above room temp. it should be near as good quality as long as it was sealed air tight