Freezing and Defrosting fruit?

Seakay

I second natlie - those bags are great and really make a difference

meritaten

I am wondering if you take the rinds off? I have kept a half melon in the fridge just wrapped tightly in cling film for up to a week with hardly any loss of flavour, by not removing the skin. same with pineapple. I find once you peel fruit it deteriorates more quickly than cut, but not peeled, fruit IYKWIM!

smithyjules

freeze pineapple chopped into chunks on a flat tray then when frozen pop into a sealy bag...like little chunks of juicy ice lolly!my daughter (4) loves these.

zippychick

ive added this to our thread on freezing fruit so you can see how others get on

mavon

Pears do not freeze well at all .I was given a boxful but they looked disgusting when they defrosted and I had peeled loads,took me ages and they all ended up in my kitchen waste,They had taken up 3 drawers in my freezer grrrrrr :mad:

atush

Actually, frozen sliced bananas make a lovely banana ice cream when processed with buttermilk and a teaspoon of sugar in a processor. they just can't be frozen then eaten.

I don't like berries after being frozen unless you are going to cook them or make a coolis ie strawberries or raspberries.

Mad-Frog

Sianb84 Don't defrost them :eek: Frozen fruit is gorgeous in smoothies no matter what they look like straight out of the freezer, OH lives on them for his breakfast and has saved me a small fortune in buying fresh fruit