Frozen green peas are available all year round. However, in the summer it is much easier to prepare it yourself at home. The process takes a minimum of time, all vitamins are retained in the product, and the cost is cheaper. Step-by-step recipe with a photo.
Peas are used for food at all stages of ripening. Green pods without a coarse layer and with unfilled peas are eaten raw, soups are boiled, and added to stews. Ripe dry peas are used for cereals and thick soups. But the most beloved and popular stage of the product is the stuffed green peas, which have not had time to coarse. It is eaten raw, unprocessed, added whole to salads, chopped for fresh sauces, served as a side dish fresh or boiled. However, fresh green peas are stored poorly and not for long. Therefore, the best way to store it for a long time is to freeze it. Then the taste and the entire vitamin and mineral complex are preserved.
Sugar and snow peas are best suited for freezing. These peas are sweet and tender. Sugar peas have thick pods, and snow peas are flat, with unripe seeds. These types of peas can be frozen in the pods. For freezing in a shelled form, use varieties with brain and smooth seeds. In these varieties, the pod leaves have a parchment layer that is not used for food.
There are several ways to freeze peas that are in the period of milk maturity. Green beans are blanched or steamed before emergency freezing. After defrosting, blanched peas may not be cooked, but immediately added to the salad. But today we will learn how to freeze raw green peas. At the same time, keep in mind that with this method of freezing, the seeds may taste a little bitter, which is not the case with heat-treated peas.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 72 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
Green peas - any quantity
Step by step preparation of frozen raw green peas, recipe with photo:
1. Rinse pea pods under running water and pat dry on a towel. Remove the grains from the pods, selecting only bright green, undamaged seeds.
2. Pack the peas in special bags or plastic freezer containers and send the product to the freezer. To prevent the peas from sticking together, rub the container with them every hour. Do this procedure until completely frozen. Then there will be no lumps and a lot of ice sticking together. The shelf life of frozen peas at -18 degrees is 2 years from the date of manufacture.
Before cooking, frozen peas can not be defrosted, but immediately immersed in boiling water. So they will retain more nutrients.
See also a video recipe on how to make green frozen peas for salads.
