Freezing Cheddar

[Dewi]

Can I freeze Cheddar cheese and if so will it change the quality in any way?

[chaotica]

I was told it makes the flavour stronger. I know this works with Edam becasue i tried it .

[balearic]

You can freeze it but the texture tends to go slightly crumbly

[valsuey]

I always grate my cheese before freezing and that works fine. Also you can take out just as much as you want at a time as it doesn't all stick together.

[webbo3]

balearic is right , my parents live in france and we always take a large block over when we go on holiday and they freeze it into smaller portions, it just tennds to make it slightly crumblier so they have told me.

[Cetti]

It does make it slightly crumbly, but grating cheese in its frozen state makes it much easier,as long as you protect your fingers from the cold with a kitchen towel.