How to freeze Victoria for the winter?

Frost - the oldest way to preserve food, which was used by people in ancient times.This method has survived to this day, however, it has been greatly transformed, becoming much more convenient. Current refrigerators are able to maintain the freshness and quality of absolutely any product for a very long time. Strawberries with sugar is a dessert that no lover of sweets will refuse.

In order to preserve this sweetness for a long time, it is frozen. However, not every hostess knows how to freeze Victoria correctly. We will analyze the ways in which you can freeze berries on the example of strawberries.

Today, there are two widespread common options for freezing strawberries: no sugar added or sugar added. The option of freezing strawberries without sugar in its natural form is a pretty good solution, however, over time, Victoria will become much softer, the berries will become lethargic, and it will also become less sweet. Therefore, many housewives prefer the option of storing strawberries with added sugar.

Freezing Victoria is a very simple task. Of these berries are usually mashed, because it only needs two ingredients: sugar and strawberries in a ratio of 1: 4. Let's figure out how to make strawberry puree from Victoria. First you need to evenly decompose the strawberries in a colander or sieve, carefully wash the fruit, and drain all the water. Next, you need to clean all the berries from the leaves. The washed and cleaned Victoria should be put in the blender. Sprinkle sugar right in the bowl of the blender.

After you beat the berries, the mixture should be poured into a dish or form. Then you just need to put the form with mashed potatoes from Victoria in the fridge and after full freezing your guests can always enjoy an unusual dessert. You can prepare as much dessert as there will be free space in the fridge freezer.

Template storage option - put frozen berries in a jar. But if you do not have special additional compartments in the refrigerator for such purposes, then a jar of mashed potatoes from Victoria will take up a lot of extra space. This method is not practical enough due to the fact that there is no free space for other products. This problem is easily reparable. Puree from Victoria can be stored not only in glassware. Here you can use plastic dishes: disposable glasses, small plastic containers and even ice molds. After using such containers, they can be safely discarded.

Another good solution to the problem is plastic bags: for the time being, the liquid mixture after the blender is poured into a plastic bag (preferably several).

Puree from Victoria like not all. Many prefer to eat the whole berries, not chopping them. For such cases, there is another recipe for storing strawberries at home for the whole winter. In this case, in addition to strawberries and sugar, you will need a third ingredient - water-based syrup. The ratio of sugar and berries is 1: 4. Below we consider the stages of cooking strawberries.

At the very beginning of the berries should be sorted, washed and cleaned. Prepare sugar syrup in water. Victoria gently decomposed into a prepared container. Wait until the sugar syrup has cooled slightly and pour the strawberries so that the topmost berry disappears under the liquid.

To freeze strawberries with sugar is a very easy task, which does not take much time. The ratio of sugar to berries in all housewives is different. Some people like a very sweet dessert, others prefer sourish, because it contains vitamin C. Those who have never faced the preparation of Victoria, are repelled from conventional proportions: one kilogram of sweet strawberries corresponds to half a cut glass of sugar.

Another important point: strawberry is better not to interfere, in order not to damage the berries. However, this method of preparation will take a little more time, since sugar will have to be added in small portions at regular intervals. If you freeze Victoria for a long time, then it is worth remembering that the maximum shelf life is 10-12 months. In a bowl with strawberries, you can put a small piece on which the date of freezing will be recorded.

Before you choose the form in which you want to freeze the product, you need to figure out the purpose for which you will use this strawberry in the future. Very often, Victoria is kept frozen in order to be used in the future as a semi-finished product or as an additive to dishes. In many places it is used to make cocktails or as an addition to dessert. In such cases, strawberries are not consumed entirely, and cut into small pieces, because it looks so much more accurate in the bowl.

Store strawberries preferably only in the freezer. If you try to freeze Victoria in the main compartment of the refrigerator, the process will take a lot of time, and the berry juice will simply run out. Before sending the product to freeze, you should wait until the sprinkled granulated sugar is slightly dissolved in the berries.

Sometimes many housewives get bored with the monotony, and they want to try to save Victoria so that there is strawberry puree and whole berries. This cooking method is more interesting than freezing separately. For this dish you need two empty dishes. Victoria berries need to pre-rinse, peel and dry. In the first container we place a whole, beautiful strawberry, and in the other - battered, soft fruits.

In the second dish with deformed strawberries need to add sugar to taste. Usually it is 3-4 tablespoons per kilogram of ripe fruit. Next, chop the berries in a convenient way for you: with a mixer, blender or manually. During operation, your fingers will become burgundy. To avoid this, use disposable medical gloves. After you have a thick homogeneous mass, it should be drained into a separate container. Next, you need to shift the whole berries in strawberry puree and mix very carefully. The container can be covered with a lid and sent to the fridge to freeze. This dish will be easy to cut with a knife.

Many housewives who are trying to freeze strawberries for the first time make a lot of mistakes, and the result is not impressive. So, below will be some useful tips.

• Before cooking strawberries are washed and cleaned. It is very important that the strawberries are completely dry during freezing, otherwise you will get just a piece of ice instead of the desired dessert.
• The dishes in which you place the berries should be wide with a flat bottom.
• Take care of the sugar. It should cover every berry.
• Capacity should be covered with a lid. After a couple of hours, frozen berries can be folded into a bag, it will be easier to store them, and they are no longer deformed.
• Berry before use, you need to get out of the refrigerator and thawed for 30 minutes at room temperature.

One way to freeze Victoria is shown in the following video.