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Whole pieces of melon cannot be frozen well

It is due to the special cell structure and the high water content of mostly over 90 percent that as a whole Frozen melon pieces become relatively mushy when thawing and thus only a rather suboptimal one Offer a taste experience. Green asparagus has a similarly high water content as melons, but it tolerates deep freezing much better than melons due to the differently structured cell walls. In addition, should basically with the freezing or Pickling melons not be waited until a point at which fresh consumption no longer seems attractive. Most Types of melons are only a few days after the first cut in the refrigerator without any loss of quality storable. If you cannot use the leftovers fresh in the foreseeable future, you should ripe melons Process into storable food in good time.

Prepare melons for freezing

To prevent a mushy consistency after thawing, melons can be removed from the

Seed kernels be freed and mashed. The mass produced in this way can still be used for smoothies or other fruit desserts after defrosting. You can ripe watermelons and Honeydew melons but also a refreshing summer snack for people and dogs to process. For this you need:

some ripe melon without pits and skin
an ice cube tray
a blender or hand blender
a freezer or a chest freezer

Chop the pulp and fill it in the ice cube mold to get low-calorie ice cream for humans and animals within a few hours.

Alternatives to freezing

Even if melons in this country are often incorrectly not classified as vegetablesbut are perceived as fruit: In many countries around the world, the actually sweet fruits are also eaten spicy like a vegetable. To do this, pieces of the pulp are in vinegar inserted, then the jars filled to the lid can be used for several months kept and their contents can be consumed as a vegetable garnish.

Tips & Tricks

If time is short, melon pieces can also be frozen whole and pureed after thawing. However, storing melons that have already been pureed in the freezer is a little more space-saving than with irregularly shaped pieces of fruit.