Can You Freeze Beets

Have you grown too many beets in the garden or allotment? Have you purchased too many beets when you have seen a special offer? Beets do not last long once they have been picked or bought from the shop so the question a lot of people ask is can you freeze beets to use at a later date? The answer to the question is yes you can freeze beets. Here we will provide you with the step by step process on how to freeze beets for a later date.

Beets are not just red these days, they come in plenty of various colours from white to orange. You will also find various beet shapes. If you cook and freeze your beets you can add an extra 8 months to them. Not everyone has beets picked they like to eat them roasted or freshly boiled.

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How To Roast Beets and Freeze Them.

If you have got to many beets and want to roast them and freeze them so they they won’t rot we give you the tips and advice for doing this.

1. Trim the beets – Cut the leaves off the beet but leaving around 1-2 cm stem. This will stop the beets from bleeding. Do the same for the roots on the beets.
2. Wash the beets – If you have grown your own beets they will be filthy from being in the ground.
3. Heat the oven – Make sure your oven is heated to around 400 degrees Faranheight.
4. Place the beets in a roasting tray – Arrange the beets in a roasting tray, pour around a cup full of water in the tray.
5. Cover the beets – place tinfoil over the beets covering the roasting tin.
6. Roast the beets – Roast the beets for around 45 minutes or longer if needed. Do this until they are tender.
7. Remove the skins – Once the beets have cooled down you can remove the skin from the beets and the rest of the stalk and roots. You are best wearing gloves for this or the beets could stain your hands.
8. Slice the beets – Gently slice the beets into thin circular slices.
9. Place the beets on baking trays – Put some greaseproof paper on baking trays and gently place the beets on the paper. Make sure they are not touching.
10. Put the beets in the freezer – Place the baking trays of beets in the freezer for around 2-3 hours until the beets are frozen solid.
11. Place the beets in ziplock bags – Take the beets out of the freezer and put them in ziplock bag with the date written on the bag so you know when you cooked them.
12. Place them back into the freezer until needed.
13. When you are ready to use them take them out and reboil until soft.

How to Blanche and freeze beets

Here we will give you an easy step by step process on how to freeze your beets so that you can use them at a later date and not waste any food. This process is called blanching. This means you partially cook the beets and then freeze them ready to finish off cooking when you next need them

1. Trim the beets – Cut the leaves off the beet but leaving around 1-2 cm stem. This will stop the beets from bleeding. Do the same for the roots on the beets.
2. Wash the beets – If you have grown your own beets they will be filthy from being in the ground.
3. Boil a pan of water – bring a pan of water to the boil ready to Blanche your beets.
4. Match up the size of your beets a the different sizes will take longer to cook. Large beets take 1 hour, medium 45 minutes and small beets take 25 minutes.
5. Drain the beets – once the beets are tender you can carefully drain the beets. Be careful they will be hot.
6. Put the beets in ice water – Gently place the beets into a bowl of cold water. This will stop the cooking process of the beets.
7. Remove the skins – Once the beets have cooled down you can remove the skin from the beets and the rest of the stalk and roots. You are best wearing gloves for this or the beets could stain your hands.
8. Slice the beets – Gently slice the beets into thin circular slices.
9. Place the beets on baking trays – Put some greaseproof paper on baking trays and gently place the beets on the paper. Make sure they are not touching.
10. Put the beets in the freezer – Place the baking trays of beets in the freezer for around 2-3 hours until the beets are frozen solid.
11. Place the beets in ziplock bags – Take the beets out of the freezer and put them in ziplock bag with the date written on the bag so you know when you cooked them.
12. Place them back into the freezer until needed.
13. When you are ready to use them take them out and reboil until soft.

We hope you have got the answer to the question “Can you freeze beets?” Now you won’t be wasting any beets by throwing them away. Safely freeze your beets until needed.