Frozen eggplants are an ideal product for cooking eggplant caviar, ratatouille, vegetable casseroles in the winter.

Ingredients

Eggplant – 0,5 kg

Salt – 2 tbsp. on horseback

  • 24 kCal
  • 30 min.

Cooking process

Frozen eggplants in the home for the winter – it’s not at all troublesome and simple, even a beginner culinary will cope with it. Particularly relevant is the procurement, if you do not have a pantry or a closet where conservation can be stored. In this case, frozen semi-finished products are the ideal solution for preparing many dishes in the winter. From frozen eggplants you can create eggplant caviar, ratatouille, casseroles, salads, etc., and so on.

The only thing that many people forget about during harvesting is bitterness, which is contained inside the fruit. It must be removed, otherwise after defrosting all your supplies will have to be disposed of – they will be bitter.

How to do it, you will learn in this recipe by reading it further. To freeze eggplants fresh in the freezer for the winter, you need about 0.5 kg of eggplant for 1-2 servings. Cutting vegetables can be anything – from small cubes to whole halves – orient yourself to your taste.

Ingredients for freezing eggplants at home for the winter (in the freezer)

Aubergines are washed in water and we remove the ponytails from the fruit. We cut them in circles and put them in a deep bowl.

Cut the eggplant

Add salt, but not iodized salt!

Add salt

We will fill all the slicing with boiling water, cover with a plate and put pressure on it. Let’s leave for 25 minutes. Thanks to salt and boiling water, slicing quickly gives away all the bitterness.

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Pour boiling water and put pressure

After the specified time, we will definitely rinse the eggplant circles a few times with cold water. We put it back in a colander, removing excess moisture, and let it cool down.

Rinse the eggplant

Then pour into a bag or container for freezing.

Put the eggplant in the package

We carefully fasten it or we will close the container with a lid and place the fresh eggplant in the freezer.

A recipe for eggplant frozen at home for the winter (in the freezer)

The shelf life of eggplants frozen for the winter is about 1 year. Remember the neighborhood of the products in the freezer – eggplants are able to “pull” on themselves the aroma of bell pepper, onion, garlic and parsley, so keep them separately.

Photo of eggplant frozen at home for the winter (in the freezer)

When preparing dishes, frozen eggplants can not be thawed, unless, of course, the dish itself is cooked for several minutes. Now you know exactly how to freeze aubergines fresh in the freezer for the winter – cook with pleasure!