Ways to freeze gooseberries - tips and tricks

The most popular method of harvesting gooseberries for the winter is its canning - jams, jams and other sweets. But, you see, they are far from universal, for example, for filling dumplings and pies, these blanks are not suitable. What to do? Here comes to the rescue an ordinary freezer! And immediately another question arises - is it possible to freeze gooseberries? In fact, frost can be subjected to absolutely any berry. And if this is done according to all the rules, then the valuable substances in the fruits will be preserved to the fullest extent.

Freezing gooseberries is the easiest and quickest way to prepare it.

Of course, according to its taste, gooseberry is inferior to fragrant raspberries and strawberries, but in terms of its vitamin C content it can compete with them, which makes gooseberry its popularity. In addition, this berry is rich in vitamin P, pectins and iron. And this composition makes it possible to use these fruits as an excellent restorative and anti-cold remedy.

Options for freezing

So, how to freeze gooseberries? First of all, it should be noted that only good fruits need to be frozen - they must be ripe, whole and not rotten. Even if the berry begins to deteriorate, it should be discarded.

Important! Remember that frozen berries can not be thawed and sent back to the freezer! In this case, she will lose all her vitamins and even taste! Therefore, initially choose a container in which the portion will be optimal for future use.

The following freezing methods can be selected:

• in bulk;
  
  
  
• with sugar;
• in sugar syrup.

Frozen gooseberries in bulk

The principle of this method is very simple.

1. Go through gooseberries, remove stems and remains of sepals.
2. Thoroughly rinse the berries and flip them over the colander to allow the glasses to excess fluid, then spread on the towel.
3. Freeze the chamber with food film or parchment paper.
4. Spread on her dried berries in one layer.
   

   Recommendation! Try to keep a small distance between berries, otherwise they can stick together!

5. Close the freezer and turn on the "Deep freeze" mode. In different refrigerators, the name of this function may differ - the temperature regime should be at least -23 ° C.
6. After about two hours, take out the berries and cover them with plastic bags or containers in which frozen fruits will be stored for the rest of the time.

Berries remain intact, so they can be used in winter for cooking dumplings and pies

Freezing gooseberries in sugar

This method is also quite common, and in addition to the gooseberry itself it is necessary to stock up on sugar.

1. Go through, wash and dry the fruits.
   

   Important! Gooseberries must completely dry out!

2. In a large bowl or pot, sprinkle the berries and add the sugar - for each kilogram of gooseberries need 300 g of sugar.
3. Mix the contents of the container.
4. Wash plastic containers, dry and fill them with gooseberries in sugar.
5. Tightly seal and transfer to the freezer for storage.

Such gooseberry will become an ideal base for compotes

Gooseberry frozen in sugar syrup

The third method is also quite simple and will not require you any temporary or labor costs.

1. Follow the fruits and clean them thoroughly.
   
   
   
2. Cook thick syrup from sugar and water.
3. Arrange berries in small plastic containers, and pour them with syrup.
4. Send the gooseberries to the freezer. For the first two days, containers with berries should be kept open and only on the third day they should be closed with lids.

Choose a container smaller, so gooseberry will freeze much faster

Recommendations and advices

Freezing gooseberry - it's pretty simple and fast. But still a few recommendations on this process are simply necessary: ​​

• for the freezing is best suited for yellow and green varieties;
• is not allowed to store berries near meat, fish and other products that can exude an intense flavor. Otherwise, gooseberries will absorb all these smells;
• include the function "Deep Freeze" preferably one day before the berries are placed in the freezer, and turn it off and set the normal mode should be a day after freezing;
• at a constant temperature of -18 ° C to -23 ° C the fruit can store about 8-10 months, but if it does not fall below the -8 ° C mark, the shelf life should not exceed 3 months;
• the defrosting process is recommended to be carried out gradually, shifting the gooseberries of their freezer to the common compartment of the refrigerator;
• for the preparation of compote or porridge of berries can not be thawed, but placed directly from the container in a pan.