What is your favorite type of berry and how do you like to eat it?
Friday, August 1, 2014
How to Freeze Berries
This week's homestead post is all about berries. Blueberries have been on sale recently and the other day a lady asked if she could freeze them. Honestly, she wasn't talking to me, she was just thinking out loud, but I answered her all the same and told her I did it all the time. I then went on to give her the instructions I'm about to share here. Then I purchased some for my freezer to use in muffins and pancakes this winter, so I thought I'd share the process with you here.
Before you freeze them, you'll want to wash them. To clean berries, I
like to use a salad spinner. It makes it a cinch to dry them without
squishing or waterlogging them. Dry your berries as thoroughly as possible before freezing.
Spread an even layer of berries on a pan to flash freeze. I usually leave the berries in the freezer for 2-4 hours.
Transfer the berries to a freezer bag, seal, and place back it the freezer. If you keep air out and don't let it thaw, the berries will keep in the freezer all winter long.
What is your favorite type of berry and how do you like to eat it?
What is your favorite type of berry and how do you like to eat it?
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Those are great tips! I'll have to try that!
ReplyDeleteMy mom always froze berries when we were growing up. I actually just froze some of the blueberries we picked :)
ReplyDeleteI love this post because I want to start freezing more fruits in order to make smoothies. Now I will know how to do so safely.
ReplyDeleteI dod this all the time but never used a spinner. Right now my area is going crazy over huckleberries so we are going picking this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks I have been wanting to freeze some of the great blackberries this year because we bought a new deep feeze and thought it would be perfect to fill it up with stuff like this! Pinned to my Kitchen Tips board. I love stuff like this, groceries are so expensive every little bit helps.
ReplyDeleteThat's very interesting! I never would have even known about the first freeze process
ReplyDeleteNice! Maybe I need to invest in a salad spinner. I don't own one, but it would be great to use for freezing berries!
ReplyDeleteGood to know. I wasn't sure if you could freeze blueberries either.
ReplyDeleteI will be buying a salad spinner soon. I always rinse them in a strainer but they get moldy quicker. I heard I'm doing it all wrong but this is a great tip.
ReplyDeleteI love freezing blueberries. It's the only way I know we'll get to eat all of them. (My mom has blueberry bushes and we have already frozen over a gallon of berries this summer.)
ReplyDeleteGreat tips! I love all berries we have lots of raspberries and strawberries from our yard this year and we are waiting on the blackberries which are just starting to get ripe.
ReplyDeleteI love eating blueberries right out of the container! The tart ones especially.
ReplyDeleteI have a salad spinner I never use, so this is such an awesome tip! I will be pulling it out of storage for berry cleaning now!
ReplyDeleteYou just reminded me that I need a salad spinner! It is such a versatile part of a kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI love frozen blackberries. My kiddo eats them as a treat, which is funny, because he doesn't like them when they aren't frozen. Kids...
ReplyDeletethank you for this I've always wondered how you freeze berries to eat later. Mine favorite are black berries.
ReplyDeleteWe lose a lot of fruit because it goes bad so I would love to start freezing some. Thank you for sharing this tip. I also would have never thought of using a salad spinner, that is a great tip.
ReplyDeleteOur local blueberries are in season now and I was just thinking about freezing some. Problem is we tend to gobble them up before I can freeze them,
ReplyDeleteI have never used a spinner. I will have to get one! Amber N
ReplyDeleteI've actually never frozen berries because they never last that long in the house for me to freeze them. Maybe if I ever have that much I'll give this a try.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea! I love all berries really & can eat them as is :)
ReplyDeleteI really need to get a salad spinner. I LOVE red grapes and strawberries...those are my favorite! And grapes are so yummy when eaten frozen!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Strawberries are my favorite, and I love to eat them plain, honestly!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea on spinning the berries. I'm going to give it a whirl, hahahhaa. Literally and figuratively speaking. :)
ReplyDeleteStrawberries are my favourite! We don't grow them here, we get them imported so they are very expensive. But, at least one a month I have to spoil myself. :)
ReplyDeleteStrawberries are my absolute favorite! I've never frozen berries because I usually eat all my fruit right away. I should buy extra next time and freeze some!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these tips! I'm not a huge fan of berries but love almost all other fruit.
ReplyDeleteI never knew this! We don't have a salad spinner. Now I need to let my husband read this so he'll see that we NEED one.
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