Zucchini is an excellent dietary product. It is included in the diet for renal and cardiovascular diseases, for diabetes, anemia, and liver diseases. Zucchini is a part of many baby food dishes. In addition, these vegetables help those who care about their weight - they do not recover from them. That is why many housewives try to procure such a useful vegetable for the future: pickle, make various salads and famous caviar. Zucchini can also be frozen. Processing by freezing will allow you to enjoy your favorite dishes with zucchini all winter and spring until the new crop.
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You will need
Prepare containers before starting the process. Vacuum containers or special bags for freezing are suitable. Be sure to dry the containers after washing.
Instruction manual
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Wash the squash thoroughly with warm water. Lay on a dry towel and let dry.
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If the zucchini is young, then you do not need to peel it from the skin and seeds. If the vegetable is ripe, then be sure to peel the thick skin and remove the core.
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Zucchini can be cut into cubes, circles and just grate. It depends on how you are going to use the frozen product in the future. Circles are great for frying, grated zucchini for making fritters, and the cubes are perfect for almost any dish.
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Freeze zucchini in portions. Servings should be what you usually use when cooking. Remember that zucchini itself is a very watery vegetable and when thawed it can “creep” and form an unsightly mass. Portion freezing allows you to process and add the right amount of vegetables to the dish during subsequent cooking without defrosting.
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Lay prepared portions of zucchini in layers in bags or containers. Freeze in an ordinary freezer. Most modern refrigerators have a No Frost function and a quick freeze function, so you can not be afraid of the formation of ice crust on frozen foods.
note
The optimum temperature in the freezer is -18 ° C. At a higher temperature, moisture is drawn from the products and, as a result, their taste and texture deteriorate.
Useful advice
Freezing zucchini is one of the easiest ways to diversify the winter menu of both adults and children with healthy summer vegetables. When freezing vegetables and fruits, about 20-30% of their biological value is lost. Conservation, for example, takes about 40%.
On each container with frozen zucchini write the date of freezing, then it will be very simple to track the expiration date.
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