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вторник, 25 августа 2015 г.

Steps On How To Freeze Peaches

By Shawn Hunter


Most of the crops are seasonal and if someone loves them he or she will seek a way to preserve them and make them available in the next season. Peaches usually ripen during summer. They would be sweeter for use during the winter and this way there is need to get a means to have them obtained from the farm and preserve them in your home usage for future use. Freezing is one of the easiest means that is easy and yet cheap. The following is all you need to know on how to freeze peaches

Make a selection that is worthy keeping for a long period of time. Visit the orchard and make the selection you like. They are known to have varieties that come in different seasons. This also creates a difference in how they taste. Some are sweeter that the others, especially the ones called cling stone and they are growing in the season that occurs during mid June.

The skin on each of the fruit is slit by use of a knife that is very sharp. An X that is shallow is made. This is meant to give a room for expansion when blanching is done. To blanch, you will have to get water that is boiling inside a pot. Get a large bowl and should be filled with water that has been frozen. Lower the fruits into the water that is boiling for thirty seconds to one minute.

After that, you will have to cool them quickly. Use a spoon that is slotted to make a quick transfer of the fruits from the water which is boiling to the bowl with ice water. From there you may now peel them. Wait until they are cool to enable handling and knife or even fingers can be used to peel off its skin. Do not forget to remove the pits. Make use of a knife and use one that is sharp to cut the fruit into half. Twist each piece gently to show the pit. Pry it out by use of the same stiletto. Slice them several times if you desire to.

There will be sudden cooling after the time is over. A slotted spoon is used to move content from one bowl to the next that is filled with very cold water. The skin is lose this time and can be peeled without any difficulties.

Do not go for a mushy one and at the same time they need not to be very hard like rocks. Pick those that is ready to be eaten at the moment. When a person goes for the green ones, despite that they will soften they are not able to ripen. They will achieve a flavor that is different from the one that is expected from such a variety.

Next, get to know the number of peaches that are need and from where they will be obtained from. In case they are grown in the farm, you may pick and if that not the case the go to the nearest grocery and purchase. Five of them that are in good sizes can make a single quart. Beware of the markets with fake farmers who just happen to run warehouses for grocery stores.

Rims of the container in use need to be wiped. Then seal the bags in accordance to the directions from the manufacturer. Around the lid, use a tape to tighten and label the containers indicating what is inside, date and amount. They can be used for eight to ten months.




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