How to freeze strawberries with sugar for the winter?
Many people like to eat strawberries. To prepare dishes from it, most housewives freeze this berry.Today we will talk about how to freeze Victoria, and in what proportions it should be done.
Berry preparation
Before cooking, strawberries should be prepared. To do this, it is thoroughly washed under cool water in a colander. All fruits are cleared from sepals.
Washed berries spread on a thick napkin or paper towel. There they must dry completely. If after this you notice rot or other damage on some fruits, they should be removed and not used to prepare the preform.
Correct proportions
When freezing Victoria, it is important to correctly calculate all the proportions of the products. So, if you freeze strawberries with sugar, they should be taken in the ratio of 4: 1.
Remember that if you are going to freeze whole strawberries, then the amount of granulated sugar should be significantly increased. It should be taken exactly the same as Victoria.
Recipes
Currently, there are a considerable number of ways to freeze strawberries for the winter.
The classic recipe for freezing fresh Victoria
Prepared in advance berries are sent to the blender. If not, you can use a mixer or even a meat grinder. Add sugar to the strawberries.
Wait until the sugar is completely dissolved in such a strawberry mass. After that, pour the mixture into plastic containers. In this form, send the fruit in the freezer.
Freezing strawberry briquettes
Washed Victoria cut into several small pieces. The resulting pieces are placed in a plate and completely covered with sugar. In this form, the berries are left for one day. During this time, the juice should stand out from them.
After that, the juice is poured. It can also be frozen separately. Strawberries at the same time placed in a blender, where it is twisted.
At the same time, plastic containers should be prepared. They should be lined with a special food film or parchment. Be sure to leave the hanging edges so that you can wrap everything in a briquette.
Twist the berry mixture is distributed in plastic containers. Then send everything to the freezer. After a while, take out the dishes with the frozen fruits. Take out the briquettes from the cling film and wrap their hanging edges tightly and carefully. After this, the billet is returned to the freezer.
Frozen rubbed strawberries in plastic cups
Strawberries are thoroughly washed. After that, the berries rid of tails. Then they are put into a blender and crushed to a state of homogeneous liquid mass.
Sugar is added to the strawberry whipped mixture. All this is again ground in a blender or mixer. After that, the mass is carefully poured into plastic cups and sent to the freezer.
The next day, remove the cups with the already well-frozen berry puree. Cover them tightly with cling film. Then send the blank back to the freezer.
Frozen whole strawberries
To make such a billet for the winter, first fresh and ripe strawberries are washed under water. Then she gets rid of all the tails. After Victoria carefully lay out in a deep plate with a small layer. If the fruits are too large, they can be cut in half.
Berries fall asleep sugar. In this form, Victoria is left for some time. Wait until she puts the juice on the plate. After the strawberries, along with the syrup, gently shift into plastic containers. They need to tightly close the lid and put in the freezer.
Remember that this strawberry will not be turned into ice crystals, because it will be in its own sweet syrup.
Strawberries, frozen in berry puree
First, the berries of Victoria carefully washed. It is also better to remove all tails from them. Then strawberries spread in a separate cup and make it crushed. But at the same time in a separate bowl you need to leave a small amount of whole berries. Fruits fall asleep with sugar.All this is well mixed together.
Strawberries in sugar leave to infuse for a while. At the same time, plastic containers should be prepared for the future berry preparation. To do this, they are lined with cling film.
Whole strawberry fruits are laid out in prepared containers in one row. They are completely poured ready strawberry puree. All this is put in the freezer. Wait until the mass hardens well. After that, remove the mixture with whole fruits and wrap the container with a special cling film. Place the billet back in the freezer.
Strawberries in their own juice with sterilization
Whole washed fruits spread in a deep dish. They are covered with sugar. Then they are put in a cool place to infuse. It will take about seven hours.
During this time, strawberries should produce juice. Then the berries, along with their sweet syrup, are distributed in glass jars. Prior to this, such containers must be sterilized.
Banks with preparation densely close the covers sterilized in advance. Together sterilized for another 10-15 minutes. Then everything is finally rolled up and sent to be stored in a cold place.
Strawberries in their own juice without heat treatment
All berries are picked and washed. They remove all tails. Fruits spread in a deep bowl and covered with granulated sugar. Cookware with victoria and sugar put in the refrigerator for ten hours.
At the same time, plastic containers should be prepared for the future strawberry billet. To do this, they contain food film or parchment. There carefully lay out a strawberry. Then she poured sweet berry puree. The dishes are tightly covered with lids and sent to freeze in the freezer.
Strawberry freeze without added sugar
First, pick fresh, medium-sized berries. Check that there is no heavy damage on them. Arrange them on a tray in one row and put it in the freezer. There the tray is left for at least two hours.
Then take out a tray with frozen fruits. Pour the berries into a plastic bag. Be sure to remove all air from it. This is done so that the frost does not form on the strawberries, and the berries remain fresh and tasty. Package with Victoria cleaned in storage in the freezer.
Remember that if you are going to freeze strawberries without the addition of granulated sugar, then you better pick berries for such harvesting early in the morning before the dew. Only in this weather, when the heat subsides, the fruits become the most dry and fragrant.
If you pick strawberries for such freezing in too hot or wet weather, then it will be too loose after freezing. In addition, their taste will be much worse.
Tips and Tips
Remember, when you go through a strawberry, you need to handle it carefully. After all, it is easy to damage. It is better not to use deformed, diseased and over-ripe fruits, in general, for the preparation of berries for the winter.
Do not forget that for the preparation of frozen Victoria, it is best to take the berries only medium or small sizes. Large fruits should not be used. They are most often taken for making jam or jam.
All berries before cooking should be thoroughly rinsed. At the same time after that they must be completely dried on a paper towel. After all, an excessive amount of moisture can significantly slow down the process of freezing Victoria.
Strawberry tails should only be removed after it has been well washed and dried. And in many recipes allowed to leave them. They do not spoil the taste of such a billet for the winter.
Strawberries should be frozen in small portions. Each must be used at one time. After all, Victoria will not sustain repeated freezing and will quickly deteriorate. In addition, it will lose all its taste and properties that are useful for the human body.
Benefit and harm
Strawberries in a frozen form have a whole mass of properties that are beneficial to humans.
- Good for the liver. Frozen strawberries help restore damaged human liver.
- Useful for the kidneys. Frozen victoria and juice made from it, contribute to the rapid removal of kidney stones.
- It is a source of vitamin C. In frozen strawberries in large quantities contains vitamin C. It allows you to improve the function of the endocrine glands. And it also has a beneficial effect on the blood formation process.
- Used for diet. Victoria in the freeze is considered a dietary product, so many nutritionists recommend those who want to lose weight include it in your diet. In addition, this dish has no contraindications for people with diabetes.
Despite such a rather big list of important advantages, strawberries in a frozen form have some contraindications. This is especially true for those who suffer from allergies. After all, this berry often causes them.
People with high levels of acidity in the body are also not recommended to use frozen strawberries too much. Those who have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, this berry can also harm. It can cause severe heartburn or heaviness in the stomach.
People suffering from hypertension should be careful about eating frozen strawberries, because it, along with medicines for this disease, can cause a serious load on the kidneys in the body.
In addition, even in frozen strawberries salicylic acid is stored in large quantities. It is she who most often causes acute allergic reactions in the human body. Because of it various reddenings and rashes can appear on the body.
Therefore, young children should be given this product in small portions. At a young age most often a strong allergic reaction to it can occur. The same applies to pregnant women.
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