Les Verty Femmes

Freezing Fruits

For those interested in the tradition of freezing, I thought I’d include a short beginner’s guide.

Different methods to freezing:

Freezing with canning jars, freezer bags, aluminum foil, or thick plastic containers.

For this guide, we will be using canning jars (glass Mason jars can be found at most grocery stores in the produce or tupperware sections).

Directions:

1. In order to keep your cut fruit from turning brown (like an apple turns brown where you’ve bitten it after a few minutes), mix 1 tbsp. lemon juice with 1 quart of water and allow the cut fruit to soak while you prepare for the next step.

2. According to your own preferences, create a simple syrup by mixing sugar into boiling water.  For a light syrup, add 2 cups sugar to 4 cups water.  For a medium syrup, add 3 cups sugar to 4 cups water. For a dark syrup, add 4 3/4 cups sugar to 4 cups water.

3. Boil this down until it the sugar is completely dissolved. Don’t let the sugar burn though, REMEMBER TO STIR CONSTANTLY.

4. Allow the mixture to cool off of the burner.  Take your soaking fruit, and put them into the canning jars (or whichever of the mediums you prefer). Once the simple syrup is cooled, pour it over the fruit.

5. Close up your jar tightly and freeze!

*Note that this is not the same measures one would take when freezing vegetables. Stick to fruits for now, and we’ll post the Vegetable Canning Recipe later.

~Les Verty Femmes