Can You Freeze Winter Squash

Have you grown too many winter squash in the garden and allotment? Are you inundated by how many squashes you have in the house? The thing is with winter squash they do not store for long. You will be looking at every recipe you can find to use up your winter squash. You may even be asking the question can you freeze winter squash? Here we will be explaining the process on freezing winter squash to be used at a later date.

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How to freeze winter squash

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

1. Wash your winter squash thoroughly, this will need to be done if you have grown it or purchased it.
2. Slice the winter squash in half and remove all the seeds and bits you don’t need
3. Chop the winter squash into chunks
4. Have a pan of water boiling ready.
5. Carefully put the winter squash into the pan of boiling water
6. Blanche the winter squash for around 3-4 minutes – you don’t want it fully cooked.
7. Have a bowl of ice water ready
8. Once the winter squash has been blanched drain them and put them straight into the ice water.
9. Leave the winter squash in the ice water for as long as you blanched them for.
10. Have a baking tray with baking paper on ready
11. Place the winter squash on the baking paper so they are not touching.
12. Put the tray of winter squash in the freezer for around 3 hours until frozen solid.
13. Take the winter squash out of the freezer and place the pieces into a zip lock bag with the date on.
14. Place the zip lock bag back in the freezer until needed. They will store for around 3-6 months.
15. When you are ready to use the frozen winter squash you can take out and finish cooking.

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