My Top 16 Pesach Items to Freeze Right Now

Don’t know where to start? Want to get some great dishes into the freezer? You can’t go wrong with these freezer-friendly Pesach favorites.

While most get all their Pesach cooking done after turning over the kitchen a week or so beforehand, those who are lucky enough to have Pesach kitchens (or Pesach closets!) can head into Pesach season early.

Note–not all of these recipes need kashered kitchens! Some can be done with a table and small appliance. 

And while these are just some of my favorites that I like to get into my freezer first year after year, there’s way more freezer-friendly Pesach recipes on Between Carpools that you can also get started with! Get more ideas over here.

As a general rule, all cakes/cookies freeze very well. Most desserts and all meats (at least those that are slow cooked) freeze well too. Blended soups are more freezer-friendly than chunky soups and you can see lots more tips on how to freeze anything  in this post.

And, once you do start getting things into that freezer, keep track of it all using this freezer hack. And when it comes to storing things in the freezer in advance, this freezer tip will help keep things fresh, and this tip to use shallow 9x13s will help save space!

The Best Pesach Flanken

Freeze and reheat this and it just gets better and better. It works well with any quality of meat.

Caramelized French Roast: The Only Roast You’ll Ever Need on Pesach People say that this is their favorite roast ever. But we save it and savor it on Pesach.

Caramelized French Roast

Many of you told me you’ve made this part of your Pesach recipe tradition. I prefer this recipe cooked, sliced, frozen and reheated on low. The meat really gets super soft.

Smoked Brisket

Seconds to put together, this cooks overnight in the oven, making it the easier recipe to prep ahead and freeze. It’s great for Shabbos morning, a main dish, and even Chol Hamoed.

Duck Sauce

Prep it ahead, freeze a big batch, and use it in so many ways.

Lemon Ices

You can never make enough.

Pesach Apple Crumble

Once this recipe went live on Between Carpools, I’ve never made another. It’s a staple and I will never need any other.

Pineapple Sour Apple Compote

Another one of our must-have favorite desserts. So light and refreshing.

Eggplant

Yes, you can freeze roasted eggplant flesh (remove the skin) to be used for making fresh babaganoush later. Just blend with mayo and seasoning either fresh or a few days before. If you want a complete eggplant salad to be ready to go, you can freeze this eggplant chatzilim salad.

Sweet Potatoes Crisp

Make a batch of sweet potato chips before Pesach. Let them cool completely (this is important or they will get soggy!) Freeze them and pull them out to assemble this Sweet Potato Salad super quickly! They’re also a great way to add some color or a garnish to any main dish.

We Polished off Aunt Ruchy’s Sweet Potato Chips Salad. Sure, you can make it all year if you like, but this salad is absolutely perfect for Pesach.
The Pesach Pancakes That Everyone Loves. They’re healthy. They’re tasty. And even your toddler will eat them.

Pancakes

Prep it and keep the batter raw in a bottle to make on Pesach, or freeze these in little bags ready and take them along on Chol Hamoed trips.

Cookie Crust Cheesecake

Many people like to start their pesach cooking by baking their pareve and dairy things before moving onto mains and sides. This cheesecake is a crowd favorite.

This Grape Juice Sorbet is Our Favorite Pesach Treat. Make a batch and freeze it in tiny containers. No scooping or sticky hands necessary!

Grape Juice Ices

Best to get time-consuming things out of the way! Ices take time and these grape juice ones or the mini pops ones are our favorite ones.

Pesach Lukshen aka Egg Noodles

As my family grows the amount of egg noodles we need keeps growing. Better to get ahead start and make and freeze these.

Basics: How To Make Pesach Lukshen (aka Egg Noodles). Use this lukshen recipe for your blintzes and crepes as well.

Overnight Potato Kugel

Make the first part now. Freeze and then overnight it before your meal. Instructions are in the post.

Marror

Anyone have memories of grating marror the last minute? You don’t have to! As soon as you find fresh horseradish, blend it and freeze it. Remove it a few hours before your seder starts. Renee freezes ready chrein too, so you can do that if you want.

Basics: How to Prepare Marror (Horseradish/Bitter Herbs) Marror. You might need to prepare it once a year only, but you still need to know how to do it. Right? Here’s how.

Crinkle Cookies

All cookies and cakes freeze well, but we always start with this one, since it’s more time consuming.

Leah Schapira

Leah is the best-selling author of 10 kosher cookbooks. She’s known as a master “connector,” bringing people together and collaborations to life.

 

4 responses to “My Top 16 Pesach Items to Freeze Right Now”

  1. Gittel Gold Avatar
    Gittel Gold

    thanks again!!! love all your tips!! how does the freezing of the sweet potato fries work? like how to defrost them while staying crunchy

    1. Leah Schapira Avatar
      Leah Schapira

      As long as the chips are crunchy and fully cooled down, just place in a plastic container. Remove from freezer before serving. Uncover and it defrosts in minutes.

  2. Shani Avatar
    Shani

    The links for the recipes are not working on my phone. Wondering if that can be fixed. Or if anyone else is having the same problem.

  3. suri Avatar
    suri

    Links to the recipes are not working. Can we get that fixed? Thanks!

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