Corn - a useful herb that can be frozen in the winter. Frozen, it does not lose its properties, all the necessary vitamins are preserved in it. Therefore, from this cereal is also possible to prepare delicious and wholesome dishes.
Preparing corn for freezing
- It is advisable to freeze choose not too ripe corn. Also of note is that underripe cobs of corn will not do much good and will not be so tasty.
- Before freezing you must carefully examine the cob. They should not be corrupted by or rotten.
- Undesirable frozen corn, which has long been lying.
- Before freezing is recommended to clean the ear of corn on the leaves of the hair.
- After that must be washed with water and dried under, laying on the towel.
How to freeze the cooked corn?
- To begin, you need to boil the young ears.
- To do this, clear the corn on the leaves and the hair, but do not throw out leaves, and put them on the bottom of the pan. The leaves are placed to the lowest on the cob is not burnt during cooking.
- Once cleaned corn, the leaves are spread in a pan, you can start cooking.
- If an ear of corn does not fit completely in the pan, it can be cut into two or three parts.
- Fill the prepared herb so that it is completely covered with water. Put to boil over medium heat.
- Cooking time depends on the corn maturity. The average cooking time takes 1.5 - 2 hours. Young cob can be cooked 40 min.
- At the end of cooking it is still necessary to check whether the corn is ready. To do this, pierce a skewer a few grains at the end of the cob. If they are soft - the dish is ready, it remains only to cool and put into bags for freezing.
- When it is necessary to freeze the cooked corn kernels, then after the product has cooled boiled gently recommended knife, starting from the end, clean grain from the cob.
- Store frozen grains which have been previously welded possible within 6 months, at a temperature below 20 C.
How to freeze in grains?
- Before the start of freezing, it is necessary to clean corn from leaves and hairs.
- Further, along the patch cut the grain.
- Another good way is to clean the grains with hands. Corn grains are not so easy to clean if they are mature or young.
- If it is necessary to freeze more than two cobs, then it is better for cleaning the grains, use a small kitchen knife.
- In order for the grains easier, the corn is pre-caught in the oven, right with the leaves, at the lowest temperature, time is 20-30 minutes. Using such a way, corn is cleaned with a knife much easier.
Freeze corn in the cob
- For this method, it is simply necessary to clean the corn from leaves, hairs and split the pillage into several small parts.
- Fold on a mockup for freezing or a special container.
- Using freezing packages, it is necessary to remove all the excess air.
- Store frozen corn is needed at temperatures below 18C, within 1 year.
In frozen corn, all useful properties are saved. It can always be used to prepare many delicious and appetizing dishes.