Freezing, Defrosting and Cooking instructions for Hot Eating Pies, Pork Pies, Quiches & Savouries

Freezing instructions:

  • Freeze them on day of delivery. For best results place into a good thick freezer bag with all the air removed before freezing.
  • Hot Eating Pies can be frozen up to 3 Months
  • Quiches can be frozen to up to 3 Months
  • Pork Pies up to 3 Months
  • Gourmet Sausage roll wreath 1 Month
  • Large oblong quiche can be portioned and frozen in the same way.

All of the above once defrosted eat within 4 days

Cakes 3 Months (once defrosted eat within 7days)

Defrosting instructions (in the fridge)

  • Remove the pies, quiche or savouries from all packaging.
  • Place them on a cooling rack (not on a plate or the pastry will have a soggy bottom) into the fridge or in a controlled temperature space (optimum between 3-5˚C maximum 8˚C).
  • Make sure that they are evenly spaced apart and leave plenty of room around the rack, as this will give maximum air flow and will defrost all products evenly.

Defrosting Times:

Traditional and Speciality Pork Pies

  • 120g – 200g Pork Pies (minimum defrosting time of 4 to 6 hours or until fully defrosted)
  • 430g – 450g (minimum defrosting time of 8 to 10 hours or until fully defrosted)
  • 1.1kg -2.2kg – 2.7kg Speciality Pork Pies (minimum defrosting time of 12 hours or until fully defrosted)

Hot Eating Pies /Pasties

  • Hot Eating Pies/ Pasties 220g-290g (minimum defrosting time of 8 hours or until fully defrosted)

Savouries /Gourmet Sausage Roll Wreaths

  • 650g S Roll (minimum defrosting time of 4 to 6 hours or until fully defrosted)
  • 180/115g S Roll (minimum defrosting time of 2 to 4 hours or until fully defrosted)

Bites and Nibbles

  • 50g (minimum defrosting time of 30min to 1 hours or until fully defrosted)

Quiches

  • 110g – 190g Quiche (minimum defrosting time of 4 to 6 hours or until fully defrosted)
  • Large Oblong Quiche (minimum defrosting time of 8 hours or until fully defrosted)

Cakes

  • 260g-290g (minimum defrosting time of 2 to 4 hours or until fully defrosted)
    fully defrosted)

Cooking/ Re heating Instructions:

(Times may vary for fan ovens and industrial ovens)
Please Remove all outer packaging.

Hot Eating Pies / Pasties: 220g – 290g Pies

From Chilled:

  • Place on a baking tray in the centre of a preheated oven, cook at 190-200˚C
  • Gas Mark 5-6 / 375-400˚F for approx. 25-30 mins or until piping hot (core temperature to be at 79˚C- 80˚C)

From Frozen:

Here at Toppings we recommend that you fully defrost your hot eating pies before cooking. Follow the chilled heating instructions above. To guarantee the very best results, please see defrosting guide.

Quiches: 110g – 190g or Large Oblong can be served hot or cold

From Chilled:

  • 110-190g Quiche – Place on a baking tray in the centre of a preheated oven, cook at 170-180 ˚C /Gas Mark 4/ 350F, Re-heat for approx. 15-20 min or until hot (core temperature 79˚C- 80˚C).
  • Large Oblong: for approx. 25-30 min or until hot (core temp to be (79˚C- 80˚C ).

From Frozen:

  • 110-190g Quiche – Place on a baking tray in the centre of a preheated oven, 170180˚C /Gas Mark 4 / 350˚F for approx. 20-25 min (making sure the tops of the quiche don’t burn) (core temperature to be at 79˚C- 80˚C).
  • Large Oblong 1.3kg: Place on a baking tray in the centre of a preheated oven170-180˚C, for approx. 25-30 min or until hot (core temperature to be at 79˚C- 80˚C).

Savouries: Gourmet Sausage Roll Wreath – Rolls Meat & Vegan – Bites and Nibbles

From Chilled:

(Gourmet Sausage Rolls Wreath)

  • Place on a baking tray in the centre of a preheated oven, cook at 170-180˚C
  • Gas Mark 4 / 350˚F for approx. 25-30 mins or until hot (core temperature to be at 79˚C- 80˚C)

From Chilled:

Gourmet Sausage rolls and Vegan sausage rolls

  • Place on a baking tray in the centre of a preheated oven, cook at 170-180˚C
  • Gas Mark 4 / 350˚F for approx. 10-20 mins or until hot (core temperature to be at 79˚C- 80˚C)

From Chilled:

Bites and Nibbles

  • Place on a baking tray in the centre of a preheated oven, cook at 160-170˚C
  • Gas Mark 3 / 350˚F for approx. 8-12mins or until hot (core temperature to be at 79˚C- 80)

From Frozen:

  • Here at Toppings we recommend that you fully defrost your all our savouries products before cooking.
  • Follow the chilled heating instructions above to guarantee the very best results, please see defrosting guide.

Pork Pies

  • Not recommended for cooking. Cold eat only.

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