Strawberries subjected to heat treatment lose most of their vitamin C - its content decreases 7-8 times. Therefore, the best way to preserve strawberries is to freeze them, which can be done in several ways.
It is necessary
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- Strawberry;
- napkin;
- plastic bags or containers;
- sugar;
- citric acid and lemon juice;
- fruit juice.
Instructions
Step 1
Rinse the required amount of strawberries thoroughly, remove the leaves and spread on a napkin to dry them. Then divide in portions into plastic bags or containers and place in the freezer.
Step 2
Mash the strawberries in mashed potatoes, put them in plastic bags in portions, tie the bags well and put them in the freezer on top of each other. Take one packet as needed, defrost, mix mashed potatoes with sugar and serve.
Step 3
Put the berries in containers, sprinkle each layer with sugar, and refrigerate. The berries must be sprinkled with sugar so that they have a softer consistency and are easily separated from each other.
Step 4
Cut each berry into 4 pieces, stir with sugar, lay out on a tray, freeze, put in a plastic bag and put in the freezer. This strawberry is perfect for cocktails as ice or decoration.
Step 5
Arrange the strawberries in bags, cover with sugar and put each bag in a rectangular container. When you need berries, take them out of the bag, cut the resulting neat briquette at your discretion.
Step 6
Cook syrup from 0.5 liters of water, 0.5 liters of fruit juice (at your discretion), 300 grams of sugar, 5 grams of citric acid or 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Place the strawberries tightly in containers, pour over the prepared chilled syrup and place in the freezer. After defrosting, the berries will not lose their beneficial qualities. The syrup can be used for cocktails, and the strawberries can be consumed in their pure form.
