How to freeze a berry so that it will please us in the winter season? It's no secret that you can freeze almost anything. The question is, are we doing this right? Often, housewives simply pack the strawberries in bags and push them into the freezer. What will happen in a month is unknown. How to freeze a berry so that it retains the maximum of its useful properties, this article will tell. Read it carefully and never repeat technical mistakes when freezing food.
How to freeze berries?
Keeping a piece of sunny summer in your kitchen - isn't that a miracle? Now we are not talking about simple canning. We all know that the taste of canned and pickled products varies significantly. How to freeze berries for the winter to preserve their pristine taste and all the vitamins? First, open your freezer and make sure there is room. No need to try to fit the berries where they physically do not fit. You just crush them and ruin the product. It is strictly forbidden to put vegetables, fruits and berries next to the meat. It absorbs odors too well. And which berry to freeze is not so important. Someone loves strawberries or raspberries, others try to save cherries or cherries. Before freezing, the main thing is to thoroughly rinse each berry separately. But if, for example, your raspberry is overripe or sour, it is better not to touch it, but leave it as it is.
Next stage
Then let the berries dry naturally. To freeze a berry as efficiently as possible, you need to properly pack it. Choose dense transparent bags and stack raspberries, strawberries or cherries in small portions. When you want to enjoy the gifts of summer, you do not have to defrost and spoil all the berries at once. By the way, now in stores they sell special packages specifically for freezing berries. If in doubt, use them. Another important point - never try to freeze unripe fruits. They have very few vitamins, and the taste is often poor. All stalks and leaves must be removed before you begin to pack the berries. Thus, after thawing, you do not have to carry out any operations to clean or process the berries.
Some points and tips
Now there are special freezers for storing berries and fruits. However, not everyone has it. If your refrigerator is not particularly powerful, then first lay the berries on the bottom of the chamber in one layer. When they “harden” a little and harden, put them in bags and place them in the freezer again. You may be surprised, but the optimum temperature for storing fruits and berries at home is minus twenty degrees. Most household freezers are not able to maintain such a low temperature. On average, minus five degrees, the berries "live" no more than three months. On the other hand, it is not so little. The main thing is that they wait for the cold autumn and winter. And then new juicy fruits ripen!