It is advisable to steam cook the vegetables so as not to loose the vitamins and minerals into
the water. Therefore there is no need to wait for them to dry before freezing them, but allow
them to cool first.
Generally, the vegetables are better if they are cooked directly without thawing. Reduce the
cooking times bearing in mind the boiling effected before freezing.
Fruit must be covered with
sugar
or syrup according to the cases. The quantity of sugar to
use in order to preserve it is
about 250 gr. per kg of fruit
. Syrups are to be used in different
percentages and they are prepared by boiling water with some sugar already melted in it.
The various concentration are:
•
30% solution, 450 gr. of sugar for every litre of water
•
40% solution, 650 gr. of sugar for every litre of water
•
50% solution, 800 gr. of sugar for every litre of water
To maintain the colour of the fruit unaltered, dip it into some lemon juice before covering it with
sugar, or otherwise add some lemon juice to the syrup. Fruit to be freezed needs an hour in the
fridge for setting before being placed into the freezer. The syrup must cover the fruit completely.
To be preserved for
2 months.
Defreeze the bread in the oven at 50 C having put it in be-
fore switching the oven on.
Before freezing butter and cheese, cut them into pieces for weekly consumption. Butter is
preserved for
8 months
and so is hard cheese (parmesan). Other types of cheese need
4
months
. defreezing must be done in the fridge being careful about the condensation which
logically forms on these products.
Asparagus
12 months Wash, remove hard parts
2 minutes
Cabbage, cauliflower
6 months
Wash, cut into pieces
2 minutes
(1)
Artichokes
12 months
Remove external leaves
6 minutes
(1)
Beans
Shell
3 minutes
French beans
Wash, remove stalk
4 minutes
Mushrooms
Wash
2 minutes
(1)
Eggplants
Wash, slice
4 minutes
(2)
Pepperonies (3)
Wash, slice, remove pips
Do not boil
Peas, tomatoes (3)
Shell, freeze, immediately placing them on one layer
only, pack them
Parsley, basil
8 months
Wash
Spinach
12 months
2 minutes
Mixed vegetables ready for
soup (Celery, carrots,
beetroot, leaks, etc.)
Wash, cut into pieces, divide into portions, do not
put potatoes as they turn black
Do not boil
(1) Put a bit of vinegar or lemon in the cooking water.
(2) Salt well before cooking.
(3) The vegetables become mushy during the thawing, owing to the high content of water in them. We advise freezing only if you
intend consuming the cooked products.
Apricots
8 months
Wash, stone, 40% syrup
Pineapple
10 months
Peel, slice, 50% syrup
Oranges
Peel, slice, 30% syrup
Cherries
Wash, stone, cover with sugar or with 30% syrup
Strawberries
12 months
Wash, remove stalks and cover with sugar
Melons
Peel, slice, remove pips and cover with 30% syrup
Peaches
8 months
Peel, stone, slice and cover with 50% syrup
Grapefruit
12 months Peel, slice, 30% syrup
Citrus juice
10 months Squeeze, remove pips, sugar according to taste
Plums
12 months
Peel, stone, cover with sugar or with 50% syrup
Grapes
Separate the grapes from the stalk, wash, cover with sugar or with 30% syrup
Whortleberries, blackberries
red, black current goose
berries, raspberries
10 months Wash, remove stalks, cover with sugar
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