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How to freeze plums

Name: How to freeze plums
Prep time: 12 h 40 min
Total time: 12 h 40 min
Yield: 900 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 kg plums

When fruit is in season, there's sometimes a glut - far more than we can use at once.

Freezing is a good solution, but plums and other stone fruit should not be frozen whole; the fruit will be unappetizing when thawed.

Here's a simple method for successful freezing.

136 K 3.4/5 (106 reviews)

12 hours 40 min. difficulté

Easy

3.30 €

900 g

1 Ingredient

Last modified on: September 4^th 2019

For 900 g, you will need:

1 1 kg plums
Total weight: 1,000 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 12 hours 40 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Rinse, drain and dry 1 kg plums.

Stage 2

On each fruit you'll find what looks like an indented "seam" down one side. This is the line to split along.

Stage 3

Cut into the fruit with a small knife down to the stone, then turn all around this.

Stage 4

Separate the two halves.

Stage 5

Remove and discard the stone.

Stage 6

Lay the two halves on a baking sheet, protected if necessary with a sheet of cooking parchment.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 30 min.

Prepare all the fruit like this.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 12 hours

Put the trays in the freezer overnight.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 5 min.

Next day, transfer the frozen plums quickly into bags or boxes of about 1lb (400-500 grams). Seal these carefully, excluding as much air as possible.

Dip into the bags for what you need.

Remarks

This method can be applied to almost all stone fruit: plums, but also apricots, cherries, etc.

Keeping: Several months in the freezer.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 RDI=8 %	540 RDI=50 %	0	2,240 RDI=110 %	9,380 RDI: 110 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	50 RDI=5 %	0	220 RDI=10 %	940 RDI: 10 %

How much will it cost?

For 900 g : 3.30 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

Plums

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