Does anyone know whether you can freeze fresh yeast? Asda will give it to you for nothing and this week I made some lovely bread the old fashioned way! I had about half the yeast that they gave me left over and just wondered what to do with it.
You can freeze fresh yeast, but it loses its strength. You will need 5 oz of frozen for a recipe which calls for 4 oz of fresh, for instance.
Let it defrost gradually, don't microwave it.