Frozen eggplant for the winter at home - how to freeze correctly

Is it possible to freeze aubergines for the winter?

You can, but not raw. Most vitamins and minerals will be preserved, although frozen eggplants lie not more than 5 months. Eggplants need to be processed - in raw form, immediately cut and placed in the freezer, they can taste like bitter rubber. They should be stored in the refrigerator freezer, at a temperature of -12 degrees.

Eggplants (at least if selectedthe way of freezing, not associated with roasting - about this looks below) almost does not smell in its frozen state, unlike, for example, dill - if you freeze many products in one compartment and among them there is dill, make sure that it is wrapped so tightly , as it is possible. This kind of greenery can smell the entire refrigerator and neighboring packages in the freezer just through a month.

It is also not recommended to freeze eggplant orOther vegetables if you have the opportunity to eat them fresh or even canned. Frozing still kills some of the nutrients. Another option is a specific, but very traditional for our edges of the billet - drying; Eggplants can also be dried by stringing on a string, but the pieces for this must be very thin, otherwise the vegetable will rot before it dries.

How to freeze eggplants in the home

There are several ways for this: fry, blanch or simply soak. However, the third is desirable and with the first two options. Whichever way you choose, first wash the eggplants, remove the stem and cut as you want - cubes, bars, circles, stripes, it does not matter.

But the thinner the piece, the faster it will beit will freeze. Then put all the pieces in the salted water to remove the bitterness. When eggplants are drenched there, place them on a towel (preferably not paper, the paper can then stick to the pulp) and wait for them to dry.

And then:

• fry with a little vegetable oil and cool;

or

• Blanch, dipping first into boiling water, then into icy water, and again dry ("wet" foods in the freezer should not be put);

or

• just after soaking and drying beginput them in a container for freezing. It is better not to use a conventional polyethylene thin bag for products. If you want to store vegetables for more than a month, use a special frosting bag or a plastic container.

Try to arrange the pieces not closely togetherto a friend - so they will freeze better and faster, and also do not have to break them to pull out only a few. In order to completely freeze in the freezer, small cubes of eggplant take about 4 hours. It is possible to defrost both in a frying pan and in a microwave, but in hot water it is not recommended to do this with any vegetables (if the water is no longer in a pan for, for example, soup).

Remember exactly how you froze eggplant -if they have already been roasted, long processing after it is not required, but the raw ones will need to be cooked, stewed or fried like ordinary vegetables. The package is best to sign - frozen pieces of vegetables are difficult to distinguish from each other, especially through the walls of the package.

Author: Katerina Sergeenko