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Freezing carrots

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  • soba
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    I've got a carrier bag full of carrots which are slightly past their peak. I'd like to freeze them so I can cook them in a few minutes. I guess I need to slice them, boil them, cool them and freeze them. Is that right? It seems too simple.
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  • mgardner
    mgardner Posts: 388 Forumite
    soba wrote:
    I've got a carrier bag full of carrots which are slightly past their peak. I'd like to freeze them so I can cook them in a few minutes. I guess I need to slice them, boil them, cool them and freeze them. Is that right? It seems too simple.

    I find it even simpler to slice them into plastic bag s and microwave for a couple of minutes, cool and then freeze. Hope this helps.
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  • froggergirl
    froggergirl Posts: 213 Forumite
    Ive always just chopped them, put them in bags and straight into the freezer - never had any probs yet.
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  • soba
    soba Posts: 2,191 Forumite
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    Think I'm going to chop and freeze them without boiling first. Easiest is always best in my book!
  • ahll
    ahll Posts: 1,508 Forumite
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    I hope I am putting this in the right place. My problem is that I keep buying carrots and they keep going off before I use them all.

    So I was wondering about cutting up the carrots I buy and freezing them so I can just use them as I want. Does anyone know if you can just freeze the cut carrots or do you have to do something with them first ?
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  • Lil2002
    Lil2002 Posts: 296 Forumite
    I always freeze mine, and they're fine in stir frys and stews. (When I'm feeling energetic, I even do a variety of cuts - coin, julienne, finely chopped - ready for any recipe, I am :rotfl: )
  • AnnieH
    AnnieH Posts: 8,088 Forumite
    I would chop them up and blanche them first before freezing. :)
  • janeym8
    janeym8 Posts: 529 Forumite
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    i top and tail mine then slice and freeze-ive never blanched mine.when needed fish them out and add straight to pot-ive never defrosted them before using


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  • Judi101
    Judi101 Posts: 134 Forumite
    dont blanche mine and they are fine. Just peel and chop then bung them in the freezer.
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