Refreeze Sherbet

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Can you eat Sherbet once it has completely thawed and then frozen again? Mine was left out over night in about 65 degree room. Is it okay to freeze it again and eat it. I put it back in the freezer in the morning.



Best Answer

While nobody can say with 100% certainty that your refrozen sherbet is safe, I certainly would not expect any danger. The ingredients in sherbet are just not that conducive to quick or dangerous spoilage.

The problem I would anticipate would have much more to do with quality. Sherbet is frozen while being churned, giving it a consistency like ice cream. Since your sherbet was completely thawed and refrozen, it very likely froze in a big chunk. That being the case, you might want to serve it after breaking it up by shaving it with a fork or by using a food processor. Breaking up the ice chunk like that will give you a product that bears very little resemblance to sherbet, but would be more like an Italian ice. Just as good, but different.




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You can also refreeze it as if you were preparing a granita -- pour it into a shallow layer in a pan (eg, a 9x13 casserole dish), and once it starts to freeze, stir it up with a fork. As it freezes further, every so often scrape the top frozen layer with a fork to break it into smaller crystals.

Can I refreeze melted sherbet?

Once the ice cream melts completely, its chances of being affected by bacteria increase significantly. Refreezing partially melted or softened ice cream is completely safe. If your ice cream has thawed or melted just a little, you can refreeze it without experiencing a drastic change in quality and texture.

What happens if you refreeze thawed product?

Information. If raw or cooked food is thawed in the refrigerator, it is safe to refreeze it without cooking or heating, although there may be a loss of quality due to the moisture lost through thawing. After cooking raw foods that were previously frozen, it is safe to freeze the cooked foods.

What foods can be refrozen after thawing?

Thawed fruit and fruit juice concentrates can be refrozen if they taste and smell good. Since thawed fruits suffer in appearance, flavor and texture from refreezing, you may want to make them into jam instead. You can safely refreeze breads, cookies and similar bakery items.

Is it OK to refreeze ice?

Yes, it's completely safe. The main reason you don't repeatedly freeze and thaw food are that it makes things less pleasant to eat by messing with the texture.



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I suggest that the only way to maintain the texture of sherbet melted would be if the sherbet is just slightly thawed. As to restoring completely thawed sherbet, I don't think you can unless you gradually freeze the output from a blender. The Italian ice idea above sounds practical!

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