Carrots should not be missing in any refrigerator - or rather in the garden.
With the right tips, the vegetables will last longer.
Carrots are a delicious snack and part of many soups, casseroles and salads.
Growing the root vegetables is usually quite successful, ideally carrots are planted next to onions.
Because they keep carrot flies off.
When the harvest time has come, the carrots should be properly stored or preserved immediately after harvest.
Store carrots: post-harvest storage and preservation
Those who grow carrots usually have a rich harvest in the end, because the small or even huge carrots are good to grow, provided that pests have been successfully deterred.
When it comes to eye health, there are a few other foods that come out on top, but carrots are still very healthy.
They provide
fiber
, many
vitamins
and
minerals
and above all
beta-carotene
.
Carrots can be used in delicious and healthy salads, carrot cakes or great soups.
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After harvesting, carrots can be stored well (symbol picture).
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In the
storage
or
preservation
there are many ways just for carrots.
For example, they are suitable for ground rent.
Another option would be just as good.
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Store carrots: this is how you store carrots correctly
At best, late varieties are left in the ground for as long as possible, but they should not become overripe, as carrots can then burst.
Carrots that are ripe earlier can gradually be harvested and consumed fresh.
After harvest, carrots will last for a few months without going bad in good conditions.
But sort out unripe carrots as well as damaged ones or use them straight away.
Only late varieties are suitable for long storage.
How
to properly
store
late-ripening carrots
after harvesting:
Twist or cut off the leaves by hand, otherwise the vegetables would be deprived of moisture
Do not wash
Ideally, the carrots are then stored in sand and will last for a few months
For this, in addition to sand, you also need a wooden box or other container and a very cool storage room with high humidity
The carrots are alternately piled with sand, the individual carrots should not touch
At the top and bottom, the whole thing ends with sand
Alt Alternative is a ground rent in the garden
If you don't have a cool cellar, you can store the carrots upright in damp sand if necessary.
Alternatively, you can of course store individual carrots wrapped in the refrigerator and then consume them more quickly.
Another option: make it durable.
Also interesting
: if you forget this thing while growing vegetables, there is a risk of diseases and pests.
Storing carrots: How to preserve carrots
If you neither want to consume carrots directly nor can you store them, you should make them durable.
This is particularly useful for late varieties that are not repeatedly harvested as needed.
Especially in late summer, a lot of vegetables quickly ripen and have to be processed somehow.
There are several options for preserving carrots:
Freezing
: Washed, peeled and, if necessary, cut carrots can be frozen wonderfully.
However, they get a little mushy when thawing and are therefore more suitable for soups or stews.
Alternatively, the carrots can be blanched briefly beforehand so that they stay crisper and last longer.
Insert
: We explain how this works with an example.
Anyone who has ever bought carrots by the glass knows the consistency.
This makes the vegetables a little softer, but they can easily be given individual spices and herbs.
Water bath
: carrots can also keep for over a week in this, even if the water does not keep them long.
The clean carrots are put in a container with water, the lid is on top and everything is allowed in the refrigerator.
The water should be changed regularly.
The carrots must be completely covered by the water.
Pickled carrots in particular last a long time and go well with all kinds of dishes.
If normal carrots are too boring for you, you can sow colored carrots, for example, yellow or purple carrots are often old varieties.
She also longs to be particularly pretty, for example, with colorful potatoes in the casserole or stir-fry vegetables.
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