The mold for the ice can freeze not only water. Learn how to use the frozen cubes to cook a delicious cocktail, keep the fragrance of greens, cool drink and not to spoil the tomato paste.
1. Freeze fresh herbs and butter
Frozen with butter green retains its color, aroma and freshness. In addition, use cubes when cooking easy and convenient.
- Rinse, dry sprigs of dill and parsley. Finely chop and place in a form.
- Melt the butter and pour them greens.
- Send a blank in the freezer for a day.
- Ready-cubes can be used for frying, sauces, broths. Or defrost them and smear on sandwiches.
2. Save tomato paste
The usual situation: buy a can of tomato paste, are using a pair of spoons, and then she stands for months and slowly deteriorates in the refrigerator. To avoid this, we recommend to freeze the leftovers in the form of ice.
- Spread tomato paste over the cells.
- Send a tray in a freezer for 2 hour.
- Frozen pasta sauce, use when cooking spaghetti at the rate that each cube - about 1 teaspoon of tomato paste.
3. Ice lemon, lime, cucumber and mint
These ingredients will be useful for making a delicious and refreshing drink. Plus all the vitamins will remain frozen.
- Cut the lemon, lime and cucumber small slices. Put them in a form, and on top of each cell - a leaf of mint.
- Put form at 1 hour in a freezer.
- When you want refreshing drink, place 5-6 cubes into a water pitcher.
4. Make coffee cubes
Coffee cubes can be added to coffee: a drink to cool down and will not be diluted. But there is another option - to make a milkshake.
- Brew strong coffee, cool it.
- Pour the drink in the form and send it in the fridge for a couple of hours.
- Coffee cubes, add a glass of cold or hot milk, put 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and stir. You will have a delicious cocktail with coffee flavor.