And also about that, you can find on our website.
One way to store pepper for the winter is to freezing. Oh, and also about the possibility, read our articles. Moreover, you can freeze not only chopped peppers, but also whole.
He perfectly kept and when folded properly, it doesn't take up much space in the freezer.
You can take a whole pepper out of the freezer and start cooking right away. it perfect option for a prudent hostess. How to freeze peppers for stuffing for the winter?
Training
How to prepare fresh peppers for freezing? After harvesting peppers, careful processing must be carried out.
To freeze pepper for stuffing for the winter, it should be prepare. So:
- choose whole, healthy fruit. The skin should be even, not affected by diseases or pests;
- Rinse under warm, running water;
- dry towel
- remove the stalk, hat;
- cut the seeds clear the inside of the pepper.
Where and in what to freeze whole bell peppers? The ideal place to freeze peppers would be separate freezer. The freezer compartment of the refrigerator is also good for this.
However, it is better if the peppers have enough space to be stored freely. In this case, the pepper will not break, but will last through the end of winter.
Frozen bell peppers do not require any special container. For these purposes, ordinary plastic bags or substrates are suitable.
How to freeze bell pepper for stuffing?
Temperature
At what temperature to freeze? Temperature suitable for freezing pepper for stuffing for the winter is the temperature maintained in the freezer compartments of the refrigerator.
It allows you to quickly freeze peppers and store them all winter, and even longer. The temperature is -18 degrees.
Ways
How to freeze whole bell pepper for the winter for stuffing? After preparing the bell pepper, you can proceed directly to freezing. There are several ways.
Method number 1: 
- put prepared peppers one by one on a flat surface;
- put in the freezer for 10 minutes;
- pull out, fold into plastic bags or on substrates compactly, close to each other;
- put again into the freezer.
The first time the pepper is placed in the freezer compartment so that it hardens a little and did not stick together further.
Such a pepper completely ready for stuffing. To prepare a dish, you just need to get it out of the freezer and start cooking.
How to freeze whole fresh peppers for stuffing, you will learn from the video:
Method number 2:
- put a pot of water on the stove, wait boiling;
- put pepper into boiling water for 30 seconds;
- pull out the peppers stack them on top of each other like ice cream waffle cones;
- place in polyethylene bags or on substrates;
- to freeze.
Heat treatment is carried out so that the peppers retain all their vitamins for the whole winter.
Instructions for freezing peppers for the winter for stuffing by blanching in this video:
Not worth it overstaff peppers in the freezer. They may break or wrinkle. However, if this happens, bell pepper can be consumed not stuffed, but in any other form.
Shelf life
Freezing for storing bell peppers is a method that allows as long as possible save the harvest.
The shelf life of frozen peppers is 12 months. Thus, for the entire period until the next pepper harvest, you can provide yourself with it using this method.
Freezing bell pepper entirely for subsequent stuffing, it is especially good as a preparation for the winter.
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In the cellar and at home, read on our website. The climatic conditions in our country do not allow growing crops all year round, so in order to do not limit yourself to eating your favorite vegetable, on the eve of winter, it is dried, dried and frozen.
Ways
How to freeze bell peppers for the winter? The method of freezing pepper depends on the future purposes of its use:
- for stuffing the product is frozen whole;
- for cooking salads and additions to soup, goulash, saute vegetables are frozen in pieces.
If you are interested in learning about the opportunity, then we will tell you about it in our article.
Training
How to prepare sweet peppers for freezing? Only large fruits are selected for freezing.
This pepper has thick walls and does not lose its shape after thawing.
After sorting, each peppercorn is carefully washed, carefully trim the legs and clean the inside of seeds and partitions.
In order not to damage the pulp of the walls, the cleaning procedure is carried out not with a knife, but with a finger. At the end, be sure get rid of moisture, wiping the pepper from the inside with a dry napkin or piece of cloth.
How to freeze bell peppers for the winter? To freeze peppers at home, you do not need special equipment, it is enough to have a refrigerator with a built-in freezer. The cooking procedure does not require special culinary skills, it is enough to follow certain instructions.
How to freeze peppers for the winter in the freezer? Watch the video instruction for freezing bell pepper in pieces and whole in packages:
Instruction
How to freeze bell pepper at home? Is it possible to freeze peppers for the winter in the freezer? If the freezer does not have a middle tray, care must be taken to plastic tray. Beforehand, the vessel is thoroughly washed, wiped with a dry cloth and laid on the bottom. cotton fabric.
Then cooked pieces are poured onto it or pyramids of whole pepper are settled. A tray of vegetables is covered with a cloth, so that there are no cracks and placed in the freezer.
Optimal freezing time 2-3 days. After that, the pepper is packaged in bags. It is important to take care of the integrity of the packaging, otherwise the vegetable will quickly lose its original shape and useful properties.
At what temperature to freeze sweet peppers for the winter? The optimal temperature for freezing vegetables varies within -19°C…-23°C. Subject to this temperature range, the products are susceptible to shock and do not lose their useful qualities. Shelf life of frozen vegetables up to 6 months.
Whole
Whole frozen peppers in pyramids - photo:
For the winter? As noted earlier, whole freezing will allow the product to be used for stuffing:
- sorted out only large fruits with thick walls;
- pepper washed, cut off the legs and remove the insides;
- peeled pepper dry up and carefully wipe with a dry cloth;
- whole fruits invest in each other, thus forming a pyramid;
- vegetable pyramids wrapped in whole packages and put them in the freezer
- two hours later, the vegetables are taken out of the refrigerator and shaken slightly to pepper separated from each other and didn't stick.
An experienced housewife will share her secrets of freezing whole peppers for stuffing with you in this video:
in pieces
How to freeze bell pepper slices for the winter? This freezing method is suitable for people who plan to add pepper to stew, soup, borscht and other dishes:
- preliminary preparation of vegetables is no different from the previous method: peppers are sorted, washed, cleaned and dried thoroughly;
- cut the product pieces or rings depending on further use;
- the prepared pieces are evenly poured onto the bottom of the vessel, covered with a cloth and placed in the freezer;
- later two days vegetables are packaged.
Tips from an experienced housewife on freezing chopped peppers in this video:
Shelf life
Qualitatively frozen bell peppers for the winter can retain their taste and benefits until the future harvest ripens.
Before cooking no need to defrost pieces of vegetables completely, they can be immediately added to other ingredients. For example, frozen peppers are poured into soup 10-15 minutes before final cooking.
Vegetables are mixed with stewed meat 15-20 minutes before removing the dish from the stove. For stuffing, whole peppercorns are thawed to the elastic state of the walls.
Otherwise, it is inconvenient to stuff vegetables with cooked ingredients. Freezing bell peppers for the winter at home will not special work.
It is enough to give a few hours in advance to enjoy the taste of the product in the winter.
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Harvesting pepper for the winter for stuffing
- a favorite and very common dish in many families.
You can cook stuffed peppers in anything - stew on the stove, simmer in the oven or cook. And you can stuff peppers with anything, not just meat stuffing. In fasting, such a dish as stuffed peppers, buckwheat with rice and fried onions is popular. Also, it is very tasty to use squid with rice, eggs with, dried fruits with rice (incredibly tasty and unusual), with cabbage and rice in the filling for peppers.
More freezing recipes for the winter:
The site already has a recipe for cooking first courses, sauces, dressings. Now we will learn how to freeze peppers for the winter just for stuffing. So let's get started! Everything is very, very simple, you will see for yourself now.
Ingredients:
- Sweet pepper
As well as:
- cutting board
Tips for harvesting peppers for the winter for stuffing
- Try to pick up peppers of the same size. Firstly, it is more convenient to freeze it for the winter. Secondly, while cooking stuffed peppers with meat and rice, you will be sure that they will all cook evenly.
- It is recommended to freeze seasonal sweets grown in the open field, as imported ones have absolutely no taste and smell.
- Choose only meaty peppers, they are better suited for freezing.
- Red, yellow and orange bell peppers are sweeter (except for hot ones, of course), green ones are less sweet, with a pleasant bitterness.
- Do not re-freeze thawed peppers.
Peppers intended for stuffing, wash and dry.
Cut off the caps from the peppers, carefully remove the seed pods and inner membranes.
Caps can be finely chopped and also frozen for use in other dishes. Or you can freeze the whole caps along with the tails, and during cooking, cover each stuffed pepper for beauty. I don't usually freeze whole hats.
Insert peppers into each other, spread out on a wooden cutting board and send to the freezer. Don't press too hard to avoid breaking the peppers.
In general, there are recipes according to which the pepper must first be blanched for 2-3 minutes in salted water, then dried and frozen. Usually I don't do that. When stewing an already stuffed dish, the allotted time is enough for the dish to be fully cooked. And after blanching, the peppers become well, too soft. This method is more suitable if you are harvesting late-harvest peppers, when their skins become quite tough.
Ready frozen peppers for the winter for stuffing put in freezer bags and put in the freezer for storage.
Harvesting pepper for the winter for stuffing was successful. For cooking, peppers must be carefully removed from each other or completely thawed, which does not affect the taste in any way.
Enjoy your meal!
It so happened among our people that summer is not only a fun time for holidays, but also a hot time for preparations. Ripe fruits and vegetables want to be preserved in some way until the winter period. Many housewives cook jam in the old fashioned way and close the preservation in jars. But unfortunately, vitamins cannot be completely preserved in this way.
So how to be? Our answer is extremely simple - freezing! It is this method that helps to preserve almost all useful substances. Of course, various fruits, berries and vegetables have their own little freezing secrets and it is better to know them before proceeding directly to action.
That is why today we will tell you how to freeze bell peppers correctly - in strips, slices and whole.
Some are wondering if it is possible to freeze bell peppers? Of course you can, during freezing, both the taste and the beneficial substances of bell pepper are preserved. You have probably seen that frozen bell peppers are also sold in supermarkets. For example, the famous Mexican mixture, which, in addition to pepper, includes green peas, corn and green beans.
Last time we talked about how to cook with meat and rice, the recipe has been tested by many of our readers. This time we will explain and show how to freeze sweet bell peppers for filling, cooking first and second courses.
To freeze vegetables, it is ideal to use a large freezer, which will have many drawers and divide them into vegetables, fruits, meat.
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Ingredients
- Sweet bell pepper - any quantity.
Freezer bags.
Cooking
First, let's answer the question: for what purpose will we freeze bell peppers and in what form? Or rather, what we can cook with his participation.
And we will freeze it entirely without filling, for further stuffing. So that later, without any hassle and with great pleasure, make such a dish as stuffed peppers.
At what we can stuff it both in the classical form - minced meat with rice and a mixture of vegetables and rice. It will be equally tasty and satisfy different preferences. After all, someone loves meat, and someone loves vegetables more or does not eat meat at all.
In addition to harvesting a whole pepper, we will also make a blank in pieces, moreover, in two forms. We will cut into cubes and straws.
Bell pepper cubes can be used in stews or winter salads, when preparing vegetable casseroles. They have a particularly attractive appearance if you take peppers of different colors. Sliced straws are perfect for borscht and soups, and you can also cook a great healthy omelet with it.
You can also freeze bell peppers with other vegetables and use for borscht, soups, main courses.
Which bell pepper to choose for freezing
First of all, of course, it must be freshly picked, since with every day of delay the pepper loses its valuable qualities. Therefore, it is best to purchase it in the market where there is always plenty to choose from.
The most delicious sweet bell pepper is, of course, thick-walled! With his participation, any dish will be especially tasty! If possible, take peppers of different colors for freezing: yellow, red, orange, green.
For freezing for further stuffing, you need to take peppers of the same size and best of all not large. And for cutting into pieces suitable for any size.
Preparing Bell Peppers for Freezing
Our first action is to wash the purchased pepper. Then we have to clean it up. We will do this as follows: cut off the hat with a sharp knife as shown in the photo.
Don't throw away hats! We will also put them into action: we will free them from the tails and cut them into pieces.
To freeze into slices, first cut the pepper into halves.
And then grind it into strips.
To cut into squares, divide the pepper into four parts and chop.
We place the whole pepper intended for freezing on a flat surface (cutting board) covered with a paper towel and send it to the freezer.
After about 2-3 hours, the bell pepper will freeze enough and we can fold it like a pyramid (inserting one into one). Then we put the "pyramids" in a plastic bag and send it back to the freezer for further storage.
Pour the Bulgarian pepper, cut into pieces or straws, on a flat surface covered with a cotton towel, level it and also cover it with a towel on top. We send it to the freezer.
After a couple of hours, we take it out, pour it into a special bag with a clasp, remove almost all the air and close the bag. We return to the freezer.
Add to frozen meals.
Whole peppers are also stuffed frozen.
That's all! Now you know how to freeze bell peppers - in pieces and whole without stuffing for stuffing.
Store frozen peppers in the freezer for up to 15 months.
Vegetables frozen for the winter are a great way to provide yourself with vitamins for the whole year. The main thing is to have enough space in the freezer. You can freeze bell pepper for the winter at home in many ways, whole or in pieces. It all depends on how you plan to use it.
Can you freeze bell peppers?
Of course! It is possible and even necessary! Frozen vegetables retain a maximum of vitamins and other nutrients. And peppers are no exception.
The main problem is that our freezers, alas, are not dimensionless. And pepper, especially if you freeze it whole, takes up a lot of space in it. There are, however, tricks and ways to arrange it quite economically.
What pepper to freeze and how to prepare it?
You can freeze any pepper: red, yellow, green. But it is better to choose fleshy specimens with thick walls.
Peppers should be of high quality, intact, strong, with no signs of bruising, let alone rot. We must try to freeze the freshest specimens: the less time passes from removal from the bush to freezing, the tastier the preparation will be, there will be more useful substances in it.
Before freezing, peppers must be washed, the stalks and seeds removed from them.
How to freeze bell peppers for the winter?
Peppers can be frozen whole, cut into cubes or long strips, grated. Freezing method depends on how you are going to use it. It should also be noted that whole peppers take up much more space in the freezer than chopped ones.
Whole
- At the pepper, carefully cut off the upper part with the stalk, remove all the seeds, trying not to damage the walls.
- Arrange on a suitable pallet so that the peppers do not touch each other.
- Send to the freezer for a couple of hours. Better in the department for shock freezing.
- After two hours, the peppers will “grab”. Get them out quickly so that they do not have time to defrost, put them in plastic bags or in containers and put them in the freezer for permanent storage.
It is best to lay the peppers in a "train", partially nesting in each other. As you see in the photo. So they take up much less space in the freezer. You can initially freeze them in this way, but then you need to lay plastic bags between the peppers so that they do not freeze to each other. For storage in this way, it is worth picking up peppers of different sizes so that they fit into each other as well as possible.
in pieces
- Remove stems and seeds. The easiest way to do this is to cut the peppers in half.
- Cut the peppers into strips or cubes: as you prefer for later use.
- Arrange on a pallet in a single layer, try to distribute the pieces so that they do not touch each other.
- Place in the freezer, preferably in the blast freezer compartment, for 2 hours.
- When the peppers "grab", transfer them to containers or bags, send them to the freezer for storage.
Puree
- Free the peppers from the stalks and seeds.
- Grate (coarse or fine - depending on how you plan to use them) or pass through a meat grinder.
- Divide the resulting mass into small containers, so that the entire contents of the container can be used at a time.
- Send to the freezer.
How to store frozen bell peppers?
Of course, in the freezer. At a temperature of -18 degrees, he calmly lies down to a new crop. If your freezer cannot provide such a low temperature, then it is better to use the pepper within 3-4 months, a maximum of six months from the moment of freezing.
Under no circumstances should bell peppers be re-frozen. Just like any other frozen food.
What to cook with frozen bell peppers?
Everything is the same as fresh. Whole frozen peppers are most often stuffed. And sliced \u200b\u200bis used to prepare a variety of dishes: salads, soups, vegetable stews and many others.
Do I need to defrost peppers before cooking?
In most cases, this is not necessary at all.
You need to defrost peppers if:
- you are going to cook a dish from it that does not require heat treatment, for example, a salad;
- pepper must be additionally chopped during cooking, for example, passed through a meat grinder;
- The peppers are frozen to each other, and it’s impossible to separate them neatly.
In all other cases, you can do without defrosting. For example, stuffing frozen peppers is even more convenient. In soups, stews and other hot dishes, it is also easier to put them straight from the freezer.
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