How to freeze zucchini for winter at home - photo
Zucchini is extremely popular among the population of many countries of the world. In fresh form, this vegetable is used in cooking from about the middle of spring to October.
From zucchini you can cook a large amounta variety of delicious dishes. In winter, people are content with canned zucchini. Perhaps this is the most common type of zucchini storage in winter.
But there is another way, thanks to which on the table all year round will be fresh and vitamin-rich zucchini, - frost. Freezing zucchini, like other vegetables, is not only convenient, but also useful.
Frozen fruits and vegetables do not compare with canned or fresh, which lie on store shelves in the winter months - the value and nutrition of the first are huge.
Therefore, if you wish to support yourthe body with all the necessary vitamins and microelements and do not want to suffer from avitaminosis in winter, you need to take care of the filled freezer in summer! How to freeze zucchini for the winter is the topic of this article.
Detailed description of zucchini freezing
Usually start cooking zucchini for the winter in the mostThe peak of the season is when their fruits become mature. The first thing to do is to wash the courgettes well, wipe them dry and cut them into pieces. If you plan to add them to dishes (vegetable salads, etc.) and soups in the winter, then cut into small cubes of 2-3 cm each or even smaller at your discretion.
Then, the fully sliced vegetables are divided intoportions are packaged in small polyethylene bags or plastic containers for food and closed as tightly as possible. Packages and containers with courgettes should be placed in the freezer.
Why do we need small packages? The whole point is that it will be more difficult to separate the necessary volume from the huge portions for cooking in the winter. Portions made for one use at a time, is much more convenient, and for a child, for example, a small portion will be very handy.
How to freeze zucchini. Recipes, ways of preparation
Zucchini can be cut not only cubes, but alsorings in order to further freeze them. In this case, it is not superfluous to even fry them first or bake in the oven. However, make sure that the thickness of the sliced vegetables does not exceed 1.5-2 cm.
Dish, on which will be added choppedzucchini, covered with polyethylene (so that frozen vegetables can be easily removed from the dish) and it is laid out slices of courgettes in one layer. If there are a lot of zucchini, then it is recommended to make several layers on the dish, each of which should be separated from the other with polyethylene.
Dish with prepared zucchini put infreezer and store there until the vegetables are frozen completely. Then the dishes are removed with them, and the courgettes are transferred to pre-prepared packages and cellophane bags or plastic food containers (see above).
How to use in winter
Take frozen zucchini from the freezer,Defrost them, let it stand for a while, remove all excess moisture with a towel or paper napkin. And then you can dip in flour and fry in a pan or simmer (vegetable stew). Know that for frying and other cousinsrecipes, where it is necessary to treat vegetables with high temperatures, it is necessary to remove moisture as much as possible from frozen zucchini.
If you plan in the winter to make pancakes fromzucchini, then before freezing you will need to grate vegetables on a fine grater (it is recommended to freeze zucchini in this form with grated carrots). Free zucchini for the winter, and your winter diet will be rich and varied.
Author: Katerina Sergeenko
