Can you freeze carrots?

Have you grown too many carrots in the garden or allotment? Have you purchased too many carrots when you have seen a special offer? Carrots 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 carrots to use at a later date? The answer to the question is yes you can freeze carrots. Here we will provide you with the step by step process on how to freeze carrots for a later date.

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How to freeze carrots

Here we will give you an easy step by step process on how to freeze your carrots so that you can use them at a later date and not waste any food.

1. Sort through your carrots for the best ones. The carrots that are not too good you will need to use up as they will not freeze very well.
2. Clean your carrots – Even if you have purchased your carrots they will still need washing before you freeze them. If you have grown your own carrots make sure that you clean them thoroughly so that they are sparkling.
3. Peel your carrots so that there is no skin left on them. Use a vegetable peeler to do this so that you don’t waste much of the carrot.
4. Chop your carrots – carefully slice your carrots into thin circles
5. Boil the water – On a cooker boil your water so that it is steaming and bubbling.
6. Put your carrots in the water – boil your carrots in the water for a brief time. You don’t want to fully cook the carrots. 2 minutes should be enough. You don’t want them to lose any flavour or colour.
7. Drain the carrots – Carefully pour the water out of the pan not losing any of the carrots down the sink.
8. Put them in ice water – Place your drained carrots in a bowl of water with ice in. This will stop the cooking process of the carrots. Leave them in the ice water for as long as you boiled them. This will be around 2 minutes.
9. Place your carrots on greaseproof baking paper – Get a piece of greaseproof paper and put it on a baking tray. Arrange the carrots on the tray so they are not touching.
10. Put the carrots in the freezer – Place your baking tray with the carrots on in the freezer for around 2 hours till they are frozen solid.
11. Place the carrots in a zip lock bag – Take the carrots off the tray and put them in a zip lock bag. Write the date on the bag so you know when you cooked them. The reason why you do not put the carrots in the bag first is that they will all freeze as a lump.
12. Use the carrots when needed – The frozen carrots will last for around a year. When you are ready to use them take out the amount you need and finish cooking them.

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