Frozen berries: description, procurement rules and methods of use

Berries are very popular all year round.They serve as a source of large amounts of vitamins that are beneficial to the human body. They serve not only as a wonderful decoration for any dish, but they are also a very tasty dessert. However, they are not available all year round, but only during the season, so housewives should take care of their storage for the winter.

Berries are very useful for the human body at any time of the year. To ensure that they are always available, it is best to freeze them. In this form, more vitamins and other nutrients are stored than, for example, when preserved. At the expense of technological freezers, this process is simple and takes a little time. Deep freezing is an excellent option for storing fruit throughout the year. In addition, they are very low-calorie, which is an excellent option for those who watch the figure.

Advantages and features of the frozen product:

• have the same calorie compared to fresh;
• they have much less sugar than jam or compote;
• taste, smell and aroma do not lose their value when exposed to low temperature;
• frozen berries are a different food product;
• the product can be used throughout the autumn, winter and early spring as a medicine for colds;
• berries from the freezer will serve as an excellent source of antioxidants in home cosmetology, suitable for most home care recipes.

It is worth paying attention to ripe, not overripe specimens. They have more vitamins, they better retain their beneficial properties. Berries can also be stored in a puree. When frozen, they take up very little space and will serve as an excellent preparation for all kinds of smoothies and fruit drinks.

Strawberries are very popular with our compatriots. Due to the high content of salicylic acid, it is often used to combat acne. It is worth buying a large berry without visible damage. As a rule, it is well cleaned and spread on a tray. When the berry is dry, you can move it into the selected container or package and send it to freeze. It is possible to grind strawberries in a blender and then pour the obtained substance into small portioned molds and put them in the freezer.

Another berry, which is very popular for freezing, is wild strawberry. Before sending it into the freezer, sprinkle it with a small amount of sugar. This berry is frozen in sugar syrup.

Favorite berry, which is very popular when preparing a sweet cake or dealing with a cold, is raspberry. Berry before freezing should be fresh and clean. It can be frozen with or without sugar.

Blackberries for freezing should choose a large and ripe. After washing, it is frozen on a pallet in a single layer, and then poured into a mold or plastic bag.

It is important to wash and dry the currants before freezing. The black ones remove the stalks, and the red ones the clusters. Then the berry is laid out on a dish and frozen. When currants lie enough in the freezer, it is poured into molds or packets. Among all the berries in the currant, the highest content of vitamin C.

Cranberry is considered one of the most useful berries. It contains a huge amount of antioxidants that help maintain health and youth for many years. This berry contains a large number of very rare vitamins.It also helps in the fight against stress, inflammation and increases brain activity.

Sea buckthorn enjoys great love among our compatriots. It is a multivitamin concentrate that retains all its qualities until spring. Sea buckthorn is a great helper in the fight against anemia and vitamin deficiency.

Along with the sea buckthorn, honeysuckle is very popular. Berry is very low-calorie and it has a huge amount of nutrients. These are magnesium, potassium, iron, sodium, phosphorus and calcium. This product is often used as a diuretic, choleretic and laxative.

It is necessary to freeze only selected berries that are not damaged. You need to wash a large number of berries and dry well. It is necessary to dry the berries in a single layer on a cloth or cardboard. Raspberries and strawberries before freezing for the winter should not be washed. Freezing at home requires proper storage of food in the chamber.

They should be kept separate from meat or fish, which can transfer their odor and spoil the product. Correctly, if the frozen berries are in hermetic containers or tightly tied plastic bags. Any damage to the package will cause evaporation of moisture, damage to the product and the formation of snow build-up on the walls of the freezer.

Basically, the berries are frozen after drying on a tray. But so that the process takes place quickly, you can immediately fold the products in containers and containers. Freezing is carried out in an open form, and storage in tightly sealed. Many berries are stored in sugar or sugar syrup.

There is a valid GOST for freezing and storing frozen berries, which must be followed. The shock freezing of berries can be used. To do this, you need special equipment that performs freezing in several stages and at different temperatures. The advantage of this method is the preservation of high quality berries. In addition, this method of freezing takes very little time and is suitable for different categories of products. Mainly used in manufacturing or in large enterprises when creating semi-finished products.

Fresh-frozen berries do not need to be stored next to meat, fish and other products that emit a specific smell. It is necessary to freeze berries very quickly and in compact forms. This method allows you to save more vitamins and minerals. Store in the freezer at a temperature of –18 to –23 degrees. This allows you to extend the shelf life and store berries up to a year. At temperature conditions from 0 to -7, frozen berries are stored for no more than three months.

Thaw berries best in several stages. First, the container with freezing is placed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. But this stage can be avoided if the hostess plans to make compote or jam. Berries can not be thawed, if you plan to cook porridge and add frozen berries to it. It is better not to expose this category of goods to the secondary freezing.

Frozen berries are used for various purposes. Fresh frozen berries are perfect for making compote, fruit drink or jelly. Frozen products can be used in the preparation of various smoothies and lemonades.

Smoothies are an excellent option for those who adhere to a healthy lifestyle and the foundations of a balanced diet. Berries will serve as an additional flavoring filler, which contains a large amount of useful vitamins. The recipes of this drink are very simple, and its usefulness to the body is invaluable.

The classic recipes use berries, milk, cottage cheese or juice.The drink recipe can be adjusted to suit your taste tastes. There are no restrictions or prohibitions. The only thing is that people who adhere to a healthy lifestyle should avoid doing it with sugar or honey.

Cooking smoothies is very simple and easy. All ingredients are ground and placed in a blender, then mixed until smooth. After defrosting, the berry mixture can be eaten with cottage cheese for breakfast or dinner. It will serve as an excellent addition to the protein diet.

There is nothing tastier in the winter than making a currant pie or a cherry. They include a large number of nutrients. Berries can be consumed with cereals and added to baby food. They are used in the manufacture of homemade ice cream and desserts based on curd mass. They serve as an excellent addition to various casseroles. And they are indispensable in the preparation of jelly, mousses and various sauces.

Fresh frozen berries will perfectly fit into the recipe of cooking a second dish. The baked goose is very popular in family parties in our country. The recipe of this dish is very simple and will be loved by many hostesses.

It is necessary to pour a large amount of water into the bulk container and add onions, carrots, celery, a little thyme and rosemary. It is important not to forget about the bay leaf and the head of garlic, as well as tomatoes, a bunch of parsley and cilantro.

Vegetable broth should boil on the fire for about 20 minutes, and then it is worth putting a goose. Boil need 30 minutes on low heat. After that, turn off the fire and leave the goose in the broth for 2 hours. Then the goose is removed from the tank and dried with napkins. After the bird is dry, it is spread with olive oil, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper sauce. Then the bird is wrapped with cling film and left in the refrigerator overnight.

Three hours before serving a hot dish, the oven warms up to 200 degrees. The bird is stuffed with a mixture of frozen cranberries and apples, fried in a pan with the addition of sugar and cinnamon. After that, the goose is sent to the oven for 25 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. Then reduce the temperature in the oven to 150 degrees and roast the goose for another 60 minutes. After that, it can be consumed by putting frozen cranberries and currants on a plate.

The recipe for a delicious charlotte with frozen cherries you will see in the next video.