Freeze Carrots – That’s How it Works

Carrots: Freeze to extend shelf life

If you store carrots properly, the vegetables will stay fresh in the refrigerator for about 10 days. You can extend the shelf life significantly if you freeze carrots.

• Before you freeze carrots, the vegetables are thoroughly washed and peeled. The easiest way to peel carrots is with a vegetable peeler.
• Then prepare the carrots the way you want to use them later. So cut the carrots into slices, pieces, sticks, or whatever shape you prefer.
• Then blanch the carrots in boiling water for three to five minutes, depending on the size of the pieces. then shock the vegetables in ice water.
• On the one hand, blanching kills germs, on the other hand, certain enzymes that would later lead to a loss of nutrients are deactivated.
• Then put the prepared carrot pieces in a freezer bag and in the freezer.
• The carrots can be kept airtight in the freezer for up to nine months.

Thaw carrots – it doesn’t have to be

You don’t have to thaw carrots.

• Frozen carrots can be put into the pot and prepared without defrosting.
• Depending on the size of the pieces, the cooking time may increase slightly.