How to freeze food without hurting its taste? The guide

Can vegetables be frozen? And what about stews like bolognese sauce or beef roast? We are all freezing food so it is important to know how to do it so as not to hurt its taste. Get the guide that will get you out of the freeze correctly

Each type of food must be known to freeze differently. Samsung's 4-door wide-open digital refrigerator (Photo: PR)

Samsung refrigerator (Photo: PR, PR)

The home freezer is one of the most important utensils for home cookers. It helps keep food that was spoiled in storage outside and / or in the refrigerator for very long periods.

Beyond freezing purchased products, many raw materials can be frozen at home, as well as a wide variety of ready-made dishes, and since almost all of us freeze foods, you should know how to freeze food without compromising its flavor.

Here's how: The right way to defrost food

How does the freezer work?

Household freezers maintain a temperature that is around minus 18 degrees. At this temperature, water, which is the main component of many products, transforms from a liquid state to a solid state, and in this way the processes that cause food spoilage are almost completely slowed down.

Like short cooking

Have you ever seen ice crystals? So the same process happens at the microscopic level as we freeze food. The ice crystals make the process of thawing, once raw and beautiful raw materials become softer, as if they were undergoing short cooking - the best example of this is fresh herbs.

All types of fresh herbs can be frozen, only after thawing they will not be suitable for making salads or serving dishes, but they will certainly add to everything that is going to cook: stews, soups, stuffed fillings and more.

You can apply the same rule of thumb to freezing fresh vegetables : You can freeze all types of vegetables (from pumpkin and cauliflower through beets and eggplant to mangold and spinach), and then use them for cooking. For convenience, it is best to cut the vegetables into an easy-to-operate form, such as frozen freezers that can be purchased at the supermarket.

Fruits can be frozen in the same way, only that you can transfer from the freezer to the blender to make them smooth, or cook to make different jams.

Another great freezer product is various doughs - from yeast dough for pizza or focaccia to crispy dough for pie or tart. It is best to divide the dough into portions and not freeze large chunks of dough for ease of use.

Samsung's digital inverter refrigerators have three separate and independent cooling systems (Photo: PR)

Samsung refrigerator (Photo: PR, PR)

Freezing soups and stews

You can freeze almost all types of soups , minced and rustic, if they do not contain anything that will suffer serious damage from thawing (for example, soup with dumplings like Cuba or dumplings like nocturnal).

Various stews , such as bolognese sauce, chili con carne, goulash and shoulder roasts can survive a good freeze, as well as various cooked meats.

In this regard, we also note that from her kitchen - cooked tomatoes, peppers and garlic salad - and home-cooked tomato sauce is excellent.

All of the above is recommended to freeze in small and large boxes, so that their thawing is more convenient (it can be challenging to properly thaw a four-gallon box).

You can also freeze prepared stuffed vegetables , fried dough like sambusk and dumplings, and of course baked goods such as home-made bread and focaccia and even stuffed puff pastry .

Freezing legumes and cereals

A variety of legumes and grains can be frozen after soaking (and then their cooking is shortened) and after basic cooking - for example cooked chickpeas, cooked beans, cooked whole rice, cooked wheat grains and more.
However, homemade chickpea spreads are not suitable for freezing as its texture will be destroyed.

The right fridge and freezer

Samsung's 4-door wide-open digital refrigerators have built-in technology designed to keep you freezing and cooling optimal. These refrigerators come with thin walls (without reducing insulation capacity) that allow for tens of gallons of storage space compared to refrigerators of similar size.

These refrigerators have been ENERGY STAR® certified, and meet the stringent power specification (energy rating A), so that over time they help save the electricity bill while keeping all the valuable commodities, foods and raw materials stored in it.

The refrigerators come with a display panel that allows you to accurately predict the temperature of the refrigerator and also adjust it as needed. You can choose between two types of freezing: deep freezing at a temperature of minus 15-23 degrees, and soft freezing at a temperature of minus 5 degrees (excellent preserves for meats, poultry and fresh fish).

While a standard refrigerator has one refrigeration system (the freezer cold is used for the refrigerator), Samsung refrigerators have three separate and independent cooling systems, so there is no odor transition, and the freeze-drying does not interfere with the moisture required to keep the freshness of the refrigerator compartment.

For those who do not want to rush and freeze, it is worth knowing that Samsung refrigerators also come with silver nano technology - silver particles that are in the refrigerator's walls and significantly inhibit mold and bacterial development in fresh and thawed products, reducing bad odors and allowing food to last much longer.

Proper use of the freezer can enable long-term preservation of a wide range of foods and also shorten and optimize home cooking.