Can you freeze pizza?

Cooked pizza freezes safely and keeps for a couple of months. Cheese and bread both freeze well; the topping vegetables release some water, which is the only real quality cost. The important part is reheating: a microwave steams the base and makes it leathery, whereas a hot dry frying pan with a lid, or an oven at 200 °C, drives the moisture off and brings the crust back. Raw dough also freezes well after the first rise.

How to do it properly

1. Freeze slices flat on a tray, then stack with parchment between them
2. Wrap the stack tightly or bag it with the air pressed out
3. Reheat from frozen at 200 °C for 10-12 minutes, or in a covered dry pan over medium heat
4. Do not thaw first — it makes the base soggy

What goes wrong

• Microwaved reheating turns the crust tough and the base wet
• Fresh tomato and mushroom toppings weep on thawing
• Slices frozen touching each other fuse into a slab

Other "can you freeze" questions

• Can you freeze cheese? It depends — Yes, and it stays safe indefinitely — but hard cheese comes out crumbly and soft cheese comes out wet.
• Can you freeze milk? Yes — Yes — leave headspace for expansion and shake it hard after thawing.
• Can you freeze eggs? It depends — Not in the shell. Beat them first, or freeze whites on their own.
• Can you freeze bread? Yes — Yes — freezing is the best way to store bread, far better than the fridge.
• Can you freeze bananas? Yes — Yes — peel and slice them first, because the peel turns black and welds itself on.
• Can you freeze cooked rice? Yes — Yes, and freezing quickly is the safest way to keep leftover rice.
• Can you freeze raw chicken twice? It depends — Only if it thawed in the fridge and never got above 4 °C (40 °F).
• Can you freeze breast milk? Yes — Yes — freeze it flat in bags, and use within six months for best quality.
• Can you freeze avocado? It depends — Yes, but only as a purée — frozen slices go grey and watery.
• Can you freeze soup? It depends — Yes for most soups; cream, milk and potato-based ones separate or go grainy.
• Can you freeze butter? Yes — Yes — butter freezes better than almost anything else in the fridge.
• Can you freeze cooked pasta? Yes — Yes — undercook it slightly and toss it in oil first, or it thaws into a solid block.