Freezing Strawberries

MILLYMOLLY

I've got loads of strawberries, reduced, can i freeze them.
Just made strawberry muffins and a fruit salad.
Has anyone got any other suggestions.
Thanks

Pink.

Hi MILLYMOLLY,

Yes you can freeze them, but once defrosted their texture will change and they will be more watery, and mushy and nothing like fresh ones would be. They are still good to use from frozen in jam, smoothies, baking etc but won't be particularly good on their own.

These threads may help:

What to do with a glut of strawberries?

Freezing Strawberries

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

babyshoes

Jam!

Smoothies, fruit pie, ice cream etc

Or, just eat them with loads of fresh cream. Yummy!

gailey_2

Got far too many yesterday with kids still have whole tub full but problem is we off on hols today no time to cook.

Would it be ok to wash, cut and freeze then defrost and make jam when get back.

last time I froze strawberries they went to mush.

Gigervamp

Strawberries don't freeze well as you discovered, but if you're going away, you might as well freeze them and try making jam with them when you come back.

sarahsarah

You could freeze them then use them for smoothies straight from the freezer when you are back..

jollymummy

My Mum used to freeze them when we were kids (a long time ago) and then we'd have strawberry crumble in December

Soubrette

They will go to mush but that won't matter in jam

I freeze alpine strawberries and last year made some lovely strawberry icecream out of them.

Sou

Phudge

I would just quickly blitz them , then push them through a sieve to make strawberry coulis. That freezes perfectly - just defrost it in the fridge when you are ready, give it a little stir and it will be lovely!

Tealady_2

i would freeze them on skewers and then eat them frozen like an ice lolly. They are yummy and healthy as well