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Can I freeze egg yolks?

I'm making a white cake that doesn't use yolks so I'll have 16 egg yolks left over.

My question is will they freeze for something down the road, like an ice cream base, a creme englese, bread pudding, hollindaise? I think I'll freeze them in increments of 4.

Thanks !

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Egg whites can also be frozen. Also, it helps to chill either or both in the ice box prior to freezing them. Pre-cooling will keep the ice crystals small.

Interesting, I thought egg yolks become gummy once they are frozen because of the fat content. I usually make pastry cream and freeze that.
I've done whites and they are perfectly fine after freeze-thawed.

I always freeze egg yolks in water (assuming they are whole and unbroken). It cuts down the gumminess quite a bit.
I know people who lay out each yolk on a sheet of the press and seal plastic wrap and cover with another, making little packets of one egg yolk each. Airtight and easy to portion.

Or you could make a Gold Wonder cake with those yolks and freeze the cake for later consumption. Most recipes call for a dozen yolks, and they are darn tasty cakes.

I looked this up a couple of months ago and found advice to add either salt or sugar (depending on the intended application) to keep them from getting lumpy/gummy. I added about 1/4 tsp salt to 4 egg yolks, beat them with a fork, and froze them and subsequently made a great hollandaise with them.

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