There are various ways to prepare food for the winter. Recently, freezing has become especially popular. In this way, you can prepare products not only of plant origin, but also of animal origin. Many housewives prepare frozen potatoes for the winter. In this way, you can save a considerable amount of time when preparing potato dishes, since you no longer have to buy potatoes and peel them.
Freezing potatoes at home is not that difficult. However, before doing this, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with how to freeze potatoes for the winter.
Preparatory work
Freezing potatoes in the freezer requires a lot of preparation. First, you need to figure out what equipment is useful for freezing food in the freezer. For this you will need:
- Bowl;
- pot;
- tray;
- colander;
- containers or bags for storing frozen potatoes.
You should also understand the most suitable varieties for freezing. Quite often, potatoes, which contain small amounts of starch and sugar, are frozen for the winter. If there is too much starch in it, then at low temperatures it will begin to convert into sugar and because of this the potatoes will become too sweet. It is recommended to prepare Semiglazka and other varieties with pink skin for the winter.
Freezing methods
There are several ways to help freeze new potatoes.
Entirely
Many housewives are interested in the question of whether it is possible to freeze potatoes as a whole. Of course it is possible and many people use this particular preparation method. To do this, it is recommended to choose varieties that have small tubers.
However, you can also use very large potatoes, but in this case you will have to cut them.
To begin, thoroughly wash and clean the prepared tubers. Then, water is poured into several saucepans. One of them is placed on a gas stove, and a little ice is added to the second. Potatoes are placed in a container of hot water and cooked for 5 minutes. Then it should be taken out and immediately placed in cold water.
After this, the tubers are dried and placed into bags or containers for freezing. Very often, during freezing, vegetables begin to stick together.To avoid this, the bags should not contain raw potatoes, but already frozen ones.
For fries
Sometimes potatoes are prepared so that they can later be deep-fried. First, the tubers must be peeled and cut. To do this, potatoes are cut into small pieces using an ordinary knife. Then it is poured into a bowl and sprinkled with a small amount of salt. Wheat flour is poured into a separate container. After this, peeled and chopped potatoes are added to it, which should be thoroughly mixed with flour.
This is done so that when deep-frying, the potatoes can be covered with a golden crust.
After this, the prepared semi-finished product is laid out on a tray and placed in the freezer for further freezing. After a few hours, the tray is taken out and the potatoes are placed in special containers for further storage in the freezer.
Puree
The most creative housewives freeze puree in the freezer. This is quite simple to do, since the preparation process is no different from creating regular puree. First, all the tubers should be peeled and boiled. Then the boiled potatoes must be poured into a separate pan and mashed into a puree. After this, mix it thoroughly and, if necessary, add a little milk or butter. The prepared dish must cool completely and only then can it be transferred to a bag and placed in the refrigeratorTo.
Conclusion
Anyone can freeze potatoes themselves, as it is quite easy to do. However, in order to do everything correctly, it is recommended to familiarize yourself with the various freezing methods in advance and choose the most suitable one.
