How To Freeze Carrots

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created by ares, 22. 02. 2012

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1

Scrape the surface off of the carrots and wash in cold water. Small carrots can be frozen whole but large carrots should be sliced.
2

Place them into boiling water and boil at a high heat for 2 minutes (known as blanching) for sliced carrots or 5 minutes for baby whole carrots.
3

Drain off the boiling water ad run them under cold water for a minute.
4

Drain them well and dry with absorbent kitchen paper.
5

Pack the blanched carrots in a freezer bag separating usable portions with cling film.
6

Place the labelled and dated bag in the freezer. They will keep for 3 months in a standard freezer.

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