Can You Freeze Sweetcorn

There is nothing tastier than growing your own sweetcorn, you will not taste anything better and that is a promise! The only thing is with growing your own sweetcorn is that they will all be ready at the same time. Not wanting to waste any of your sweetcorn cobs you may be asking can you freeze sweetcorn? Here we will look at the best process to freezing your sweetcorn to save for a later date.

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How to freeze Sweetcorn

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

1. Remove the leaves and the silks from the Sweetcorn and wash.
2. Place the Sweetcorn cobs in a pan of boiling water and boil for 3-4 minutes
3. Have a bowl of ice water ready.
4. Place the Sweetcorn cobs in the ice water for as long as you cooked them
5. Take them out and dry them
6. Place the Sweetcorn cobs on a baking tray with baking paper on
7. Place the tray of Sweetcorn in the freezer for around 3-4 hours until frozen
8. Take the Sweetcorn out of the freezer and place it in a ziplock bag with a date on it.
9. Place the sweetcorn back in the freezer until needed.
10. The Sweetcorn will last for around 8 months.
11. When you need the Sweetcorn take it out and finish cooking.

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