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Sorrel freezing
For freezing use a young sorrel with gentle leaves of the saturated green colour, collected before formation of flower arrows. A sorrel freeze the whole leaves. It is possible to cut also sorrel leaves large slices.
Before freezing the sorrel needs to be washed out carefully in a considerable quantity of cold water. Then at sorrel leaves cut off green cuttings, large leaves cut on 2-3 parts. After that a sorrel lower in boiling water and scald about 1 minute. For blanching it is necessary to take waters as small as possible – exactly so much that it has covered all sorrel. At blanching the set of nutrients gets into water from a sorrel and the more there will be waters, the more than valuable properties will lose a sorrel.
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Spinage freezing
Spinage touch, cull out the leaves of other plants which have got to spinage at the plucking. Then cut spinage leaves on slices in 3-4 sm and lower them in boiling water for 1-1,5 minutes. After blanching spinage cool in cold water and lay in polythene bags. Freeze spinage at temperature nearby-16 degrees. The frozen spinage can be used for preparation of lettuces, a sorrel soup and other dishes. To store the frozen spinage it is possible within 6 months.
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Bulb onion freezing
Bulb onion bulbs are frozen the same as also feathers of green onion. Onion clear of a peel, cut small slices and fry them on vegetable oil or animal fat. The cooled down fried onion lay in jars or polythene bags and freeze.
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Freezing of green onion
Onion touch, deleting turned yellow and fade feathers. Then onion wash out cold water. Cut onion slices the in length about 0,5 sm, lay out it in a sieve or a cullender and scald boiled water, then at once wash out cold water. Onion lay in forms or polythene bags and freeze. Green onion freeze at temperature-18 degrees, and after frosts it store at temperature from-18 to-5 degrees. Before the use onion can be defrosted, having thrown it in boiling water for some secs or having fried on vegetable oil or animal fat.
To fry onion it is possible and before freezing. For this purpose washed out onion small cut, fry on vegetable oil, constantly stirring slowly, within 3-5 minutes. Then cool the fried onion, lay it in a polythene bag or a glass jar and freeze. The onion fried in vegetable oil, is not regelated, therefore from a package or jars it is possible to take so much onion, how many it is necessary, not defrosting thus all to jar or a package. Animal fat at freezing hardens, therefore the onion fried on it can be put at a frost in time forms, and then, after hardening, to store it in the form of briquettes.
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Storage of vegetables by freezing
Freezing – a highly effective storage technique of vegetables. The frozen vegetables keep the majority nutritious and gustatory qualities. In house conditions for freezing of vegetables use frosters with the maximum temperature mode nearby – 20 degrees.
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String bean drying
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Green peas drying
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Bulb onion drying
For drying use sharp cultivars of onion. Before drying onion clear of a peel, cut off the top and bottom parts. Then onion cut rings which, in turn, assort on more thin ringlets. For drying onion also can and be chopped thin straws. The onion chopped or cut on ringlets spread on a sieve and place in a drying cupboard. Dry onion at temperature about 65 degrees. The exsiccated onion should get a yellowish tint. To store a powdered onion it is necessary in linen sacks, cardboard boxes and other air-penetrable capacities.
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Horse-radish drying
Horse-radish root carefully wash up, clear and rub on a large grater or cut on small slices. Lay the grated or cut horse-radish on a sieve and place it in a drying cupboard. The exsiccated horse-radish needs to be slashed, crush and to pour into a glass jar. A dried horse-radish apply to preparation of seasonings and sauces.
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Spinage drying
Spinage leaves wash out, lower in boiling water for 0,5 minutes, then cast away them on a cullender and wash out cold water. Predry spinage and lay its thin layer on a sieve, Place a sieve in a drying cupboard and dry spinage at temperature of 45-50 degrees. Dried spinage store in the glass jars which have been wrapped up by a paper.
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