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F reezing fresh food
Freeze fresh and undamaged food only.
To retain the best possible nutritional value, flavour and colour, vegetables should be blanched
before freezing. Aubergines, peppers, zucchini and asparagus do not require blanching.
Note: Keep food to be frozen away from food which is already frozen.
The following foods are suitable for freezing:
Cakes and pastries, fish and seafood, meat, game, poultry, vegetables, fruit, herbs, eggs without
shells, dairy products such as cheese and butter, ready meals and leftovers such as soups, stews,
cooked meat and fish, potato dishes, souffles and desserts.
The following foods are not suitable for freezing:
Types of vegetables, which are usually consumed raw, such as lettuce or radishes, eggs in shells,
grapes, whole apples, pears and peaches, hard-boiled eggs, yogurt, soured milk, sour cream, and
mayonnaise.
Packing frozen food
To prevent food from losing its flavour or drying out, place food in airtight packaging.
1.
Place food in packaging.
2.
Remove air.
3.
Seal the wrapping.
4.
Label packaging with contents and dates of freezing.
Suitable packaging:
Plastic film, tubular film made of polyethylene, aluminum foil. These products are available from
specialist outlets.
Recommended Storage times of frozen food in the freezer compartment
These times vary depending on the type of food. The food that you freeze can be preserved
from 1 to 12 months (minimum at -18°C).
Food
Storage time
Bacon, casseroles, milk
1 month
read, ice cream, sausages, pies, prepared shellfish, oily fish
2 months
on-oily fish, shellfish, pizza, scones and muffins
3 months
Harn, cakes, biscuits, beef and lamb chops, poultry pieces
4 months
utter, vegetables (blanched), eggs whole and yolks, cooked crayfish, minced
meat (raw), pork (raw)
6
h
s
mont
Fruit (dry or in syrup), egg whites, beef (raw), whole chicken, lamb (raw),
.
fruit cakes
12 mon
th
s
Never forget:
When you freeze fresh foods with a 'use by /best before/best by/' date, you must freeze
them before this date expires.
Check that the food was not already frozen. Indeed, frozen food that has thawed completely
must not be refrozen.
