HOW TO FREEZE AVOCADO
If you have leftover avocados at home, if you see that you are not going to be able to consume them, if you no longer have friends left to give away your surplus avocados, learn how to freeze avocados and not have to waste one.
And sometimes, due to circumstances, the kitchen is filled with a specific product and we cannot cope with it.
This usually happens when we have our own harvest or someone very close has it and gives us its fruits with all the love in the world.
At first it is wonderful, but when you no longer know how to give them output, you have to find solutions to not throw anything away.
Learn to freeze avocados, it will be useful when they accumulate at home.
It is also possible that you have bought them to make a recipe and in the end you have changed plans, whatever it is, keep reading because this will interest you.
It bothers me a lot to have to throw food, I can't stand it, it seems like foolishness and I always do my best to take advantage of everything.
In this post I want to show you how to freeze avocados so you can use them later and don't have to throw them away.
I know what you are thinking and in part you are right, previously frozen avocados lose some color and their texture changes a bit, but you would only notice that if you wanted to put them on a toast or decorate a dish with them.
The best way to take advantage of previously frozen avocados is to use them in other preparations, especially in sauces.
They are ideal for making guacamole, dips with avocado, or sauces, they can also be used to make one of those healthy brownies, or a cocoa mousse.
Frozen avocados are perfect for preparing a quick and easy homemade guacamole.
Yes, it is true, once frozen they will not have that fresh and smooth appearance nor their perfect light and bright green color, but they will continue to be perfectly valid to prepare a sauce or to add them to a bowl or chopped salad.
So do not hesitate, if it ever happens to you, do not let your avocados spoil, freezing them is very easy and they can last you a few months, you can slowly use them slowly and take advantage of them all.
How do I prepare avocados to freeze them?
There are different options, I will explain the one I like the most and that is also the simplest.
The first thing you should do is squeeze a lemon and strain the juice so that there is no pulp, prepare a kitchen brush and reserve.
Then, open the avocados in half, remove the bone and take out the two halves whole with the help of a soup spoon.
Once you have the halves on a plate, brush each half with the lemon juice, this step is very important, if you do not it will oxidize and darken.
Do not worry about the taste, that acid point is doing very well, no matter what you will use it for later.
To pack them you can put them in a zippered bag, the typical food freezer bags, or you can put them in an orderly manner in a lunch box, I usually do it both ways and both are very valid.
To freeze avocados it is best to divide them in whole halves, they will be better preserved.
You must ensure that the halves are ordered, without piling up, so it will be easier to get only the amount you need.
There are those who, after peeling them, cut the avocados into small pieces and freeze them like that, I prefer the whole halves because they remain better.
The more you increase the surface of the product, the more likely it is to break down and crystals to form during freezing.
There are also those who crush them and put them in a bag to freeze them, that technique does not convince me, the formation of water crystals and the discoloration of the pulp are more likely.
What advantages does freezing avocados have?
- Do not waste any.
- Always have fresh avocado for other preparations.
- Being able to improvise a recipe with avocado at any time, a guacamole, for example.
- Leave free space in the fridge for other fruits and vegetables.
- Enjoy avocado when the tree stops producing.
Some recipes with avocado that may interest you:
I hope this entry helps you in organizing your pantry and contributes, as far as possible, to avoid wasting food.
Greetings and hugs.