We've got a whole bunch of zucchini (to make zucchini bread......mmmmm! ), but it's too hot out to be baking, and there's plenty enough to do around the house while the weather's good.
Can we shred the zucchini, and freeze it? Or is there a recommended way of doing it if at all possible?
Thanks!
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Can you freeze zucchini?
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Tim, you can slice the zuchnni and then blanch it in hot water for just a little while, enough to get it thoroughly hot, but not long enough to cook it, and then put your required amount into freezer bags and freeze. And, wallah, you will have instant zuchnni to use whenever the urge hits. Add a little salt, amount not critical, as it boils by the way. Pete
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Tim,
After you blanch it, my wife will put the slices on a cookie sheet, not touching, and put it in the freezer. When the slices are frozen, she will put them in a freezer bag. Found out the hard way that if you put them in the bags while wet, you will have a "rock" to thaw out. Also if you put them in a big bag after freezing, you can take out what you want to cook, and put the rest back in the freezer.
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After you blanch it, my wife will put the slices on a cookie sheet, not touching, and put it in the freezer. When the slices are frozen, she will put them in a freezer bag. Found out the hard way that if you put them in the bags while wet, you will have a "rock" to thaw out. Also if you put them in a big bag after freezing, you can take out what you want to cook, and put the rest back in the freezer.
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Pete,
She has never tried pre-battering. I don't see why you can't. You can buy pre-battered frozen okra in stores. Ought to work for zucchini.
Billy
P.S. Anything I post about cooking or food prep. comes from my wife. All I do is eat it.
She has never tried pre-battering. I don't see why you can't. You can buy pre-battered frozen okra in stores. Ought to work for zucchini.
Billy
P.S. Anything I post about cooking or food prep. comes from my wife. All I do is eat it.
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Re: Can you freeze zucchini?
Serious Tim wrote:We've got a whole bunch of zucchini (to make zucchini bread......mmmmm! ), but it's too hot out to be baking, and there's plenty enough to do around the house while the weather's good.
Can we shred the zucchini, and freeze it? Or is there a recommended way of doing it if at all possible?
Thanks!
Tim:
I agree with the others, but am getting in on this late.
Yes you can. Em and I routinely shred Zuchini, Carrots etc., and then freeze them in ZipLoc Freezer Bags. You can freeze them in the exact quantities that you need to make 1 loaf or a dozen. I remember the first year we grew Zuchini... we had so much.. we got tired of eating Fried Zuchini strips/medallions, Zuchini loaf and other stuff.
Oh, Em also uses shredded Zuchini in her Chili and her Spagetti Sauces.. really awesome.
Canning is not my idea of fun. We freeze our tomatoes whole, we freeze blueberries in the box.. strawberries whole, raspberries whole etc.... you would be suprised at how much you can freeze without having to do a lot of prep work. Our biggest job is cobbing boiled corn for winter... but we even have a corn cobber for that..
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