Preserve blueberries longer
If you get the blueberries out of your own garden cannot eat or process immediately, so you should always leave them on the bush for as long as possible. Once picked Blueberries only keep for a few days in the refrigerator with the same taste and consistency quality. However, it can be good Harvest seasons It is quite possible that there are more blueberries than can be consumed fresh. There are various options to choose from for their long-term preservation:
- processing into juices and liqueurs
- the Boiling down with jams and jellies
- freezing for later use as fresh fruit or for cooking and baking
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Special features when freezing blueberries
Blueberries are better suited for fresh consumption than fruit after freezing and later thawing than raspberries, for example. In contrast to these, blueberries do not become mushy during this process, but usually remain relatively crunchy. However, the skin of the blueberries can become a little tougher during this process. However, if you want to use the berries for delicious berry sauces or as a fruit component in cakes after thawing, this fact is hardly noticeable in terms of taste. When you take the blueberries out of the freezer, you should first let them thaw in the refrigerator and only later at room temperature. This is gentler on the berries and ensures maximum taste quality.
The correct way to proceed with freezing
As opposed to wild collected wild blueberries exists at Cultivated blueberries in the garden usually no significant risk of contamination with the dangerous fox tapeworm. Nevertheless, you should wash these fruits before eating them, especially in gardens near the forest. To do this, put the blueberries in a lukewarm water bath before freezing; this is particularly easy by lowering them into the water with a sieve. Then put the blueberries first on some kitchen paper to dry and later on a tray. Then place the berries spread out in a single layer with the tray in the freezer for about 2 to 3 hours before transferring them to space-saving containers. This “freezing” prevents a large lump that is difficult to portion out of the fruit when it is frozen.
Tips & Tricks
If you only have a relatively small freezer compartment, freezing it on a tray can cause space problems. In this case, you can also put the blueberries in a container with a lid in the freezer compartment and shake it vigorously after about 2 hours. This separates the ice compounds created by condensation between the berries and allows for much easier portioning and processing during thawing.
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