mercredi 9 septembre 2015

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

Not only when they have peaked up in the orchards but also can be kept for use during the other seasons in the year. This is made possible by freezing them. If you do not grow them, they are at grocery store in the market. Go there and purchase quality ones and make them to appear like dessert and conserve them for future usage by storing them in ice. The procedures are quite simple and easy to follow to obtain amazing results.

When all that kind of preparation is done and correct procedure is followed, they can stay for a whole year without getting bad. However, you will be required that this storage should be cool and in a place that is dark. Apart from that, there is no any other special attention that will be required.

They need to be skinned first for the effectiveness of the procedure. Do this by use of a dagger that is very sharp. The X mark that you make need to be shallow and this will offer expansion and to blanch will be a quite easy task. This is done using water that boils to dip the content for almost a minute.

This time now the fruits are ready for freezing. There are a number of methods that you can use. Water pack is one of them. A freezer container is packed with the pieces and half an inch is left for pints. Water is poured over the fruits while maintaining the head space that is specified.

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.

There is water pack, syrup pack and sugar pack. When the choice made is that of using syrup, there is need to prepare it and the content needed is water and sugar. The rest are much easier to use and cheaply available. You need water, sugar, sauce pan and a source of heating. Mix the water and the sugar together on the pan and start to heat until foam is made. Turn off the heat or get it from the place and skim the froth. Half a cup is ideal for two fruits.




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