All famous zucchini (in foreign culinary texts zucchini [zucchini]) - extremely useful fruit with a neutral taste. These wonderful fruits can have different colors (pale green, green, yellow), in any case, zucchini - fruits are low-calorie and contain many useful substances, namely: vitamins C, PP, group B, carotene, potassium and iron compounds, organic acids and vegetable fibers. From zucchini and using zucchini you can prepare a variety of delicious and healthy dishes, so we naturally strive to prepare them for consumption during off-season. Although zucchini and belong to the family of pumpkin, they (unlike, for example, from the fruits of pumpkin or muscatel) can not be kept long enough in the natural state, fresh. There are many ways and methods of preserving, but the best way to preserve vegetables and fruits is freezing. Dishes from properly frozen zucchini are almost as tasty and useful as fresh ones.
Tell you how you can freeze fresh zucchini for the winter.
Free zucchini correctly
Of course, it's better to freeze zucchini in a powerful freezer that can provide a quick freeze at temperatures below 15 ° C. However, if you have a modern refrigerator in your household with a powerful unit and a separate spacious freezer compartment, then it is also suitable for freezing zucchini.
Fruits are better for taking young, medium-sized, although larger ripened zucchini will do. The main thing is that the seeds do not become stiff. We need to thoroughly wash each squash with cold water and dry it. You can cut them in circles, longitudinal slices, blocks, or cubes, but not too small and not too large - so it will be more convenient. Next, it is best to proceed as follows: lay out a plastic wrap on the dish, and spread the zucchini slices in one layer on top, then lined the film with top and fold it in a small compact sachet. After that, you can put the bags in the freezer compartment and store them there for up to 6-8 months, using as needed. It is advisable to freeze a water bag from 300 to 500 g of zucchini - such portions are most convenient for cooking. If you are going to use frozen zucchini to prepare various dishes for a child under 5 years of age, it will be advisable to freeze zucchini and in smaller portions, for example 200 g.
You can freeze cut zucchini in plastic containers, compactly placing slices (circles and cubes or cubes) in these quite convenient and functional containers. Of course, the containers take up a little more space. You can first lay the cut courgettes in one layer on the board, freeze in the freezer compartment, and then put them in plastic bags or containers and store them in this form before use.
For the preparation of pancakes, courgettes can be grated on a large grater, squeezed out the juice slightly and also frozen in small portions in sachets or plastic containers.
Cutted squares or cubes of squash can be stewed: first a little fry in oil, and then pass until cooked, then to freeze in ready-made form. After defrosting, only garlic-lemon sauce and chopped fresh greens will remain to this homemade half-finished product. Get a delicious vitamin dish, you can serve it with any meat and fish dishes, with any side dishes.
To prepare various dishes from frozen fresh courgettes, we defrost them in a natural way, then proceed as usual.
If you are going to just put out zucchini, frozen with cubes or cubes, in a frying pan, they can not even be thawed, but in this case the dish will turn out with a lot of sauce.
It should be noted that frozen and then defrosted courgettes are prepared somewhat faster than fresh ones due to the partial destruction of the structure of plant fibers.