Electrolux EU 1420 T Installation And Instruction Manual page 14

Max. Storage
Period Method Remarks
Carrots
12 months Use small ones. Prepare Blanch for 5 mins.
Cauliflower 12 months Break up into florets
Blanch for 3 mins.
Spinach 12 months Wash thoroughly.
Remove thicker veins
Blanch a few leaves at a time,
for 2 mins.
Sprouts 12 months Use only small ones.
Remove outer leaves
Blanch for 3 mins.
Root crops
12 months The younger the better.
Peel and slice or freeze whole
Blanch for 3 mins.
FRUIT
Apples 9-12 months Freeze either of two ways:
As puree-stew with little water, beat to smooth
pulp, sweeten to taste, cool.
OR Sliced-blanch for two minutes, drain and
cool. Pack tightly in layers with a little dry
sugar sprinkled between, if so desired; or
soak in slightly salted water for ten minutes,
dry and freeze
Freeze in small quantities.
Pack in plastic containers,
leaving Vg" headroom
ditto
Apricots 10-12 months
Preferably remove stones, but leave skins on.
Pack in syrup V
2
-I lb. sugar to 1 pint of water,
making sure fruit is covered
Pack in plastic containers,
leaving Vg'-I" headroom
Cherries 12 months ditto ditto
Damsons 12 months ditto
ditto
Plums 9 months ditto
ditto
Gooseberries 12 months ditto
ditto
Blackberries
12 months Either pack in syrup as above, or coat with
caster sugar and pack in plastic containers.
Also may be frozen loose: spread on trays
allowed to freeze overnight and then packed
in containers
ditto
Currants 12 months ditto
ditto
Raspberries
12 months ditto ditto
Strawberries
12 months ditto ditto
Peaches
10 months Cover with boiling water for 1 minute, then
cool by dipping into cold and peel carefully.
Cut into halves, removing stone. Use syrup
method of packing and freezing
Keep fruit submerged in
syrup; place crumpled
greaseproof paper on top, so
there is no room between the
surface of the liquid and the
lid
DAIRY
PRODUCTS
Egg Whites 10 months
Eggs must always be separated.
Place whites in small containers just a few at
a time
Eggs frozen in their shells will
crack
Egg Yolks 10 months
As for whites, but to prevent coagulation mix
with V
2
tsp. salt or 1 tsp. caster sugar to every
two yolks
Use for savoury or sweet
dishes accordingly
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