freezing beans

Latest Articles

Author

Message

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 13 11:52 am Post subject: freezing beans
Is it possible to freeze French or runners without first blanching?

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 13 12:35 pm Post subject:
They will freeze but will not last too long. Blanching stops enzymes from making veg go bad.

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 13 1:49 pm Post subject:

Mr O wrote:

They will freeze but will not last too long. Blanching stops enzymes from making veg go bad.

Thanks. That's pretty much what I'd thought. How long would you reckon?

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 13 2:04 pm Post subject:
About a month for beans at a guess, longer for peas though.

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London

Posted: Wed Jul 24, 13 3:35 pm Post subject:
Thanks. I'm not too keen on frozen as they tend lose taste and bite and I've never liked them chutneyed, so I've taken to giving the excess to neighbours.

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 13 5:41 am Post subject:
I stopped blanching before freezing several years ago - it really didn't seem to make any difference as to how long something lasted or how the taste was preserved.

Luath

Joined: 03 Dec 2009
Posts: 761

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 13 8:55 am Post subject:
Always the option of salting them down. I never freeze beans, it ruins them in my book, would rather have them loads of times in season to get the best out of them. Runner bean wine can be good though

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9717
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 13 9:18 am Post subject:
I always blanch them - very briefly, and I thnk it makes a big difference - they are never as nice as fresh, but still pretty good.

katie

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 713
Location: midlands

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 13 4:51 pm Post subject:
I gave up blanching years ago when we had a massive glut. Haven't really noticed the difference.

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 13 8:09 pm Post subject:
Thanks to all. I'll give unblanched a try.

	Downsizer Forum Index -> Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing	All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

View Latest Posts