How to freeze berries, fruits and vegetables: a detailed instruction

General rules

1. Freeze only fresh vegetables, fruits and berries. They should not be too soft or damaged.

2. Before freezing, wash and dry them. If bad dry, everything in the freezer in an ice slipnetsya com.

3. Freeze fruits and vegetables in the form in which the will to use them. Many products become softer after thawing fresh. So first clean and chop everything you need, and then submit it in the freezer.

4. Use plastic containers or special bags for freezing. Be sure to sign the capacity, so you do not rack their brains, trying to remember what it is orange inside and how long it is here.

5. Freeze in small portions. So you do not have to suffer chipping of the frozen pieces of the right amount of product. Have life hacking Lay the vegetables in bags, flatten each bag to air out, and then the blunt side of a knife, divide the contents into segments. They will be easy to break off, without defrosting all at once. Fruit, vegetable and berry sauce can be poured on the silicone molds for ice.

6. Set temperature of -18 ° C. In such circumstances, fruits and vegetables can be stored for up to 12 months. Better not to hammer the freezer and all at once, and to add new products to small portions. Well, if you can provide separate compartments for vegetables, herbs and fruits: frozen products perfectly absorb odors.

7. Freeze, seasonal produce. For example, eggplant and tomatoes in the winter and spring are sold at exorbitant prices, and tastes like plastic foam. But the potatoes and cabbage to send in the freezer does not make sense: in the shops they have all year round, so save space.

How to freeze vegetables

To begin with talk about the vegetables that freeze is not necessary - it cucumbers, radish and green salad. After thawing, they turn into slush, which is hard to find any use.

tomatoes also lose their shape, but for cooking it does not really matter. For soups, stews and sauces freeze tomatoes in cubes, and for casseroles and pizza - slices. Tomatoes can be milled with herbs in a blender and freeze the mixture in silicone molds.

courgettes and eggplant better to freeze ready-made: cut them into circles, or cubes and pour over boiling water generously and fry in vegetable oil. Then divide into portions and freeze each in a separate container.

that cauliflower and broccoli in unfrozen form it was not hard, they divide into florets, wash thoroughly and send a couple of minutes in boiling water. blanch stands string beans and green pea - it is necessary to pre-draw from the pod. corn Boil knife and separate the wheat from the cob.

bell pepper It can be frozen and slices, and in its entirety. If you make a circular incision around the legs and gently remove the seeds, you get a blank for stuffed peppers. Make several of these preparations, dry and paste into each other - this will save space. "Matryoshka" peppers fold in the package and send it in the freezer.

Carrot before freezing should be carefully washed, cleaned and cut or grate. beets - Boil and grate on a coarse grater. Get ready base for salad.

Vegetables can be made ready-mix for soups and stews in different versions:

• tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini,
• cauliflower, carrots, green peas, green beans;
• corn, green peas and bell pepper;
• eggplant, tomato, bell pepper;
• broccoli, bell pepper, corn, green beans.

How to freeze fruits

Choose a relatively dense and overripe fruit that, when thawed, they have not turned to mush. If the fruit has become quite soft, freeze them in the form of mashed potatoes - it can be served with pancakes and fritters, or used as a filling for pies.

bananas peel, cut into 3-4 parts (depending on the size of the fetus), dry with a paper towel and store in a solid container. Do not believe those who advise freeze them in their skins. Or try to have fun to peel from a banana peel primorzshuyu.

apples and pears cut into pieces and sprinkle with lemon juice so they do not darken. apricots and peaches divide in half, remove seeds and fold in a plastic container.

oranges freeze is not necessary: ​​after thawing, they taste bitter. But you can put in freezer containers or bags with juice grated zest.

How to freeze berries

After the defrost the berries are softened, process it will be uncomfortable. Therefore, before freezing, remove the stalk from strawberries and gooseberry, Remove the bones from plums, cherries and cherries, but grapes and currant Separate from grozdochek. raspberries soak in water to surfaced random worms. On the small berries portions can not divide if they are well dry, it will not stick together.

strawberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberry better freeze in containers, so that they keep in shape. cherry, plum, black currants, cranberry, blueberries and gooseberry It can be stored in packages.

For desserts useful berry puree, for example strawberries, raspberry, blackcurrant or cherries. Crush berries in a blender and freeze in small portions in plastic containers.

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