Only 1 ingredient for perfect freezing! Sweet and fragrant berries all year round!

Fresh strawberries are only a summer treat. Bright, juicy, fragrant, it smells of June and the sun, which absorbed a drop. Sometimes you want to prolong this sun and this summer, treat yourself to a sweet berry, say, in January. What about then?

There is, of course, a shop. strawberry. It lies in large refrigerators - one in weight, the other in packages. But these berries don't taste very good. They smell of freon and other synthetics, when defrosting lose their shape and residues of juice, and the pie can irretrievably spoil if soured in the dough.




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There is a great way out of this unpleasant situation. You're like a good hostess. freeze And most importantly, do it quickly and efficiently. Then even in the middle of winter, you and your household will be able to treat yourself to ripe and fragrant berries, as if just plucked from the garden.



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In this simple case, you will probably need the advice of our editorial staff, who remembered all the tricks she knew about freezing berries. Leave the page in bookmarks - and go!

How to Freeze Strawberries

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1. Choice of strawberries Choose good berries first. They should be ripe, but not overripe. Dense, dry berries with dark red flesh are best frozen. Small strawberries freeze better and faster, and its taste is more saturated.
   
   
   
   
   
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2. Strawberry preparation Pick up the berries and remove all the poor quality. It is better to freeze less than spoil the whole lot with rotten berry. It is advisable not to wash the berries, but no one can guarantee the purity of strawberries from the market, so it is better to give strawberries boiling water. Do not keep it under water so that it does not become sour.
   
   Do not remove the peduncles so that the berry remains hermetically closed and retains all useful vitamins. Pour strawberries into a bowl, gently wash and spread in one layer so that it dries.
   
   
   
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3. Preparation of dishes The berries are best frozen in disposable plastic trays from the store. For this purpose, you can use any plastic containers up to ice cream buckets and cropped plastic bottles.
   
   
   
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1. The first method of freezing is the most common. Put washed and dried berries in a tray in 1 or 2 layers, keep in the freezer for a day. After complete freezing, pour strawberries into wooden or cardboard boxes and put away for long-term storage.
   
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2. The second way gives the sweetest strawberries. The fact is that in the process of storage strawberries lose shape and taste. Therefore, you can sprinkle it with sugar.
   
   
   
   Take 300 g of fine sugar sand or powdered sugar for every 1 kilogram of strawberries. Lay it in trays peeled from peduncles strawberries, pouring it with sugar.
   
   Put the trays in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours so that the strawberries settle and give juice. Move it. strawberry c tray, which will be used for long-term storage, and pour the resulting juice.
   
   
   
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3. The latter is the most informal. It involves mashed strawberries. Prepared for freezing strawberries grind or quickly turn into puree with a blender. Pour the resulting mass into plastic trays and put in the freezer.
   
   
   
   In order to fit in the freezer as much puree as possible, take it out of the trays after freezing and wrap it in food film. This method is best suited for “weak” overripe strawberries.
   
   
   
   
   
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These are convenient ways to freeze a bright summer berry. Choose the most convenient and use it to make a soft, fragrant strawberry cake on a cold winter day or brew a cup of sweet strawberry tea.