Keeping celery

Finefoot

I chop it up, freeze it on a tray (so it stays loose) then when its hard, i tip it into a freezer bag.

zippychick

Hi 01

There is the suggestion of putting in a glass of water to keep fresh in that thread? Sorry, i don't buy it much .

You could make celery soup? You could add to home made stock? Or What to do with celery may give you some ideas

I'll merge this later with the thread you have already found (well done for finding it )

Zipx

lostinrates

Braised celery! One of my very favourite things to eat.
the link is to Delia's recipe, which looks better than mine!

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/party-food/accompaniment/quick-braised-celery.html

maman

Finefoot wrote: »

I chop it up, freeze it on a tray (so it stays loose) then when its hard, i tip it into a freezer bag.

I do the same then add to any of the casserole recipes I do that ask for a stick of celery.

mi_jardin

zippychick wrote: »

Hi 01

There is the suggestion of putting in a glass of water to keep fresh in that thread? Sorry, i don't buy it much .


Zipx

It works! Trust me!

Stephen_Leak

I had the same problem, when it was cheaper for me to buy a whole bunch of celery, but I only needed a couple of stalks for the soup I was making at the time.

You need to chop it up and blanch it, then freeze it in water. I also divided it up into the same quantities I'd needed for the soup.

Evidently, that way the water inside the celery and water outside freezes and expands on both sides of the cell walls and it won't go to mush when you defrost it.

I haven't actually defrosted any yet, though.

ariba10

We just chop it into a size that we are going to use it in cooking, bag it and freeze it.

As it is usual used within a month or two, we do not bother to blanch it.