Who would not want to extend the summer, to take with youin the winter as much as possible heat and vitamins? Probably not. That is why we will talk about how to preserve more nutrients in a berry like raspberry.
Useful properties of raspberry
Before you talk about how to freezeraspberries for the winter, we will tell you about the beneficial properties of this berry. Red, juicy, ripe raspberries have long been used for colds. But her leaves are no less useful if you throw them in hot tea. The plant has the richest chemical composition. Its fruits contain vitamins B and C, PP, E, carotene, as well as phosphorus, sodium, calcium, iron, copper, potassium, zinc, cobalt. In addition, in raspberry there is a certain amount of pectin, tannic and nitrogenous substances, citric, formic, caproic, tartaric, malic and salicylic acids. The seeds are rich in fatty oil and phytosterol. The leaves contain sugar, organic acids, pectins, phytoncides and trace elements.
And the berries are very tasty, keep even afterheat treatment its healing properties and are able to elevate mood. Therefore, information on how to freeze raspberries for the winter will be useful to all.
Preparation of fruits
To store in the freezer you need to chooselarge, ripe and whole fruits. They should be washed, preferably in running water, and let the liquid drain. If possible, it is better to dry, spreading the berries in a single layer on a paper towel. Many housewives do not, but after defrosting raspberries will be inconvenient to wash, and it is strictly prohibited to eat dirty berries. Next, you need to choose the method of freezing: with sugar or without.
Option one
How to freeze raspberries for the winter? Very easy!Washed and dried berries are sent to the freezer for quick freezing. We spread it in one layer and wait for the fruits to freeze. Then we arrange them in portioned bags of dense polyethylene, preferably with a clip for closing, and shift them into the storage compartment. All is ready. In winter, we only get raspberries, thaw and enjoy the divine taste.
Option Two
Want to know how to freeze raspberries with sugar?Then read! We dry the washed berries, put them in plastic trays in layers and pour them in plenty of sugar. Alternatively, you can also grind the fruit with sugar, as in jam, and divide into small containers. Next, freeze in the freezer, and then shift to the storage compartment (as in the first embodiment).
What to cook from the berries?
So, how to freeze raspberries for the winter, we learned.Now let's talk about what can be cooked from it. Its application is very wide. For example, a berry frozen in the first way is suitable for fresh food, for preparing desserts, adding to cereals, compotes, it can decorate a cake. Small children will be especially happy with this treat, because in the winter there are quite a few fresh fruits, and their variety is limited to the assortment of a nearby supermarket. Raspberry with sugar is suitable as an additive in porridge, compote, tea, ice cream.
Even the usual dish can transformfrozen raspberries. Recipes can take your favorite, proven. For example, mix rustic cottage cheese with sour cream, vanilla and regular sugar, thawed berries. Or turn kefir with raspberries and sugar into an appetizing cocktail. And you can make a cheesecake, on top of which lay red fruit.
So, take 400 grams of shortbread, 800 grams.cottage cheese, 250 g sour cream, 150 g butter, 3 eggs, 200 g sugar, a package of vanilla sugar, 400 g raspberry. Crush the cookies to crumb, mix with melted butter and tamp the mass into a separable form (23 cm in diameter). Be sure to cover the bottom with parchment and make the sides out of cookies. Put the form in the fridge. Mix in a blender cottage cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Curd mixture fill the form and bake in the oven for 50 minutes at a temperature of 170 degrees, without opening the door.
Mix sour cream with 2 spoons of sugar and a pinchvanilla and pour it on the curd mass. Then, increasing the temperature to 200 degrees, bake another seven minutes. Decorate with raspberries and put on the cold until it hardens. Enjoy your meal!
