Freezing plums: 6 simple ideas for delicious preparations

There are many interesting ways to freeze plums for the winter. The most popular are whole fruits, halves, pieces, purees, in sugar and sweet syrup. Perhaps after reading the article you will come up with an original idea on how to prepare frozen plums for the winter.

Selection of fruits and preparation for freezing

To partially preserve their shape, choose plums that are dense, always ripe, but not overripe. Fruits that are even partially rotten, spoiled by pests, or cracked or deformed in other ways are not suitable. Do not prepare green plums either: they will be tasteless.

Fruits that are too soft and juicy are also frozen, but not in pieces, but in the form of puree and sweet syrup.

All berries must be thoroughly washed and dried before freezing. Wipe the fruit with a napkin to speed up drying.

6 simple recipes

Plums can be preserved for the winter in several forms. Choose one or more to provide yourself with preparations for different dishes: salads, compotes, desserts, additions to cereals, baby food, etc.

Entirely

If you put the fruits in a common bag and send them for storage, nothing good will come of it. They will stick together, wrinkle and spoil. How to properly preserve whole plums for the winter:

1. First, freeze the washed and dried fruits separately.Cover a baking sheet with cling film and place the fruit on it in an even layer.
2. Keep the berries in the freezer for about 5-10 hours.
3. When they freeze and become dense, pour them in small portions into bags or place them in rows in containers.
4. Pack tightly to prevent foreign odors from penetrating, preferably in two layers.

Advice
With whole plums, in which the seeds are preserved, the most aromatic compotes are obtained.

Seedless

If the plum variety allows you to easily separate the pit, then it is better to send the fruit for storage without it. How to freeze:

1. Cut the prepared selected fruits into beautiful halves with a knife.
2. Pick up the seeds with your fingers or a spoon.
3. Freeze as in the recipe above.
4. Transfer into small, convenient portions into containers or bags. You can use plastic cups, food trays, and yogurt packaging. If the containers do not have lids, wrap them with cling film to prevent the fruit from getting damp.
5. Stash the plums in the fruit and vegetable freezer compartment and store for up to 1 year.

Slicing

Chopped plums save space in the freezing chamber. After thawing, they will not need further processing: just add them to salads, cook compotes, make smoothies.

Recipe:

1. Plums with dense pulp are easy to cut into cubes, slices, circles and even grate.
2. The pieces should be frozen before placing them in a common container, but if you package them in small portions for one-time use, then this procedure is not necessary.
3. Remember to remove air from the packaging and pack everything tightly.

Advice
The magazine purity-en.htgetrid.com recommends removing too thick skin from plums.

Puree

It is recommended to puree those fruits that are a little overripe, but have not yet begun to rot. Their pulp is easily crushed into a homogeneous mass.

Recipe:

1. Remove the seeds. Chop the fruit and place it in a blender bowl to get the most homogeneous mass possible. For those who like mashed potatoes with pieces, there is another option - a meat grinder or a coarse grater.
2. Try the puree. If it is sour, add a little sugar and mix well.
3. Freeze the mixture in small portions. Containers, cups and ice trays are suitable. Use silicone candy and cookie cutters to freeze plum puree into interesting shapes.
4. Freeze portions of puree for 1 day. If desired, remove the frozen pieces from the molds and transfer them to bags. Use the empty containers for the next workpiece.

Advice
Never refreeze thawed fruit. Ensure stable operation of the freezer. If a malfunction occurs and the food melts, immediately prepare different dishes from everything, including canned food.

In sugar

Plums have a natural sourness, and during the freezing process, the sweetness decreases even more. This problem is solved by adding sugar.

How to make candied plums in the freezer:

1. Remove seeds from washed and dried fruits.
2. Cut into convenient pieces, halves or circles.
3. Pour sugar into the bottom of a deep container. Then form the next layer from plum pieces.
4. Sprinkle the fruit with sugar again. Repeat these steps until the container is completely filled.
5. Plums in sugar will release a little juice. Use this type of freezing for fresh compotes, fruit drinks and cocktails.

Advice
Defrosting occurs naturally.Let the fruit thaw first in the refrigerator and then at room temperature. Do not throw them directly into boiling water, do not use the microwave.

In sweet syrup

Plum juice can be easily obtained by soaking the pieces in sweet syrup. Moisture release will increase at room temperature.

Recipe

1. Prepare sugar syrup by mixing 2 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar. If the variety is very sweet, then it is better to reduce the amount of sugar.
2. Pour syrup over the sliced ​​fruit so that it does not completely cover the pieces.
3. Let me stand.
4. When enough juice has been released, pack the workpiece and store it in the freezer.

Prepare sweet and aromatic compotes from such plums.

Advice
To prevent the syrup from spoiling the packaging when it expands from the cold, leave a little space in it.

Enjoying fragrant, ripe and healthy plums in winter is easier than ever when you have a powerful and large freezer. Provide yourself with a vitamin menu during the ripening period of these fruits, and winter illnesses will bypass you.