The vegetables and fruits frozen for the winter retain the maximum amount of vitamins and beneficial properties. Cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, zucchini, asparagus beans, sorrel, green onions and much more can be frozen well. In order to properly prepare vegetables and fruits for freezing, you must adhere to some recommendations.
Cauliflower, zucchini and zucchini
Before freezing these vegetables, boil them over low heat in a little water. Blanch the cauliflower for no more than three minutes. During the process, you need to add a little citric acid. Cool the boiled inflorescences, dry and freeze for the winter.
Zucchini and zucchini cut into cubes, boil. Allow ready vegetables to cool, then put them in containers and freeze.
Vegetables that do not require blanching
Tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, salad peppers do not need to be boiled before freezing. In order to prepare pepper for the winter, it is necessary to remove the stalk and seeds, rinse thoroughly. Pure peppers keep well if they are inserted into one another and folded into freezer bags.
Tomatoes retain their flavor when frozen in puree or slices. Cucumbers, which are later used for salad, are best cut into strips or cubes. Frozen cucumbers should be thawed before cooking. Then you can add them to salads.
Freezing onions and other herbs
Rinse dill, parsley and celery greens thoroughly, blanch for 1 minute. Divide the greens into bunches, place in molds and freeze. Knock out the ready-made cubes with herbs from the molds, put them in packages in the required quantity. This form of freezing will allow you to get the right amount of herbs for cooking.
Remove any yellowed and wilted arrows before freezing the green onions. Just like the rest of the greens, rinse, blanch in water for about 2-3 minutes. After that, chill, fold tightly into molds and freeze.
How to freeze fruit
Fruits and berries must be boiled in syrup with sugar before freezing. Be sure to remove the seeds from the berries. Apples should be frozen only in the form of puree. Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, currants and gooseberries, before rinsing, peel off petioles and leaves. Separate the finished frozen briquettes with fruits and berries from the molds, place them in plastic bags and put them in the freezer for storage.
It is necessary to store frozen berries, fruits and vegetables in the freezer at temperatures below -18 degrees. After thawing, re-freezing is not recommended. For convenience, you should use portioned containers to get the amount you need.
