Freezing carrots

soba

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.

squeaky

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mgardner

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.

froggergirl

Ive always just chopped them, put them in bags and straight into the freezer - never had any probs yet.

soba

Think I'm going to chop and freeze them without boiling first. Easiest is always best in my book!

ahll

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 ?

Lil2002

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

I would chop them up and blanche them first before freezing.

janeym8

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


janey xxx

Judi101

dont blanche mine and they are fine. Just peel and chop then bung them in the freezer.