What is the best way to store nectarines at home?

In general, there is nothing complicated in saving nectarines; you just need to follow the recommendations of experts in this matter and everything will work out.

Important nuances to consider when storing nectarines

Before sending the fruit to the refrigerator, each piece should be wrapped in paper and placed in the device in one ball.

If you store nectarines frozen (in an improved modern freezer), then for 6 months they will not lose their taste and beneficial qualities.

Cut nectarine, with the pit removed, can be stored in a refrigeration device (in an airtight tray) for about 2 days.

Optimal temperature conditions are considered to be from 5 to 10 °C. If you strictly adhere to all the rules for saving nectarines, then they can be suitable for consumption for five days.

Tips for storing nectarines outside the refrigerator

It is not recommended to keep ripe fruits at room temperature. They will deteriorate several times faster. In addition, they will begin to release ethylene, which can cause neighboring fruits to deteriorate.

Under room conditions, you can leave unripe nectarines, just so that they reach the point. Each fruit should be placed in a separate paper bag with holes (or loosely wrapped paper). Also, pursuing the same goal, the fruits can be sent in a bag with the apples. In such conditions they will get there faster. Therefore, from time to time you should look inside the container with fruit in order to have time to hide the nectarines in the refrigerator, otherwise they will begin to rot.

You can take the fruits to the burial room, placing them in boxes, away from each other. The partition can be paper or sand. But even such conditions cannot guarantee that nectarines will remain in suitable condition for more than a few days. Therefore, it is hardly worth the hassle; it is better to place delicate fruits in the refrigerator.

Storing nectarines in the freezer

You can store nectarines in the freezer. It is very good when there is a quick freezing function. At a temperature of 18 °C, nectarines can be in a suitable condition for up to six months.

It is important to know several nuances of freezing nectarines.

1. Fruits can be frozen whole, including the seeds. First, they need to be placed separately on a board and sent to the freezer, and then put into a sealed bag and taken back to the freezer.
2. If you freeze nectarines in halves, without seeds, then before the freezing process each part should be dipped in a solution of water (1 liter) with lemon juice (4 tablespoons) so that the slices do not darken during storage.

You can also place prepared nectarine puree with sugar in the freezer. Or halves of fruit, sprinkled with granulated sugar or filled with sugar syrup. To store this product in the freezer, you will need an airtight container.

Several delicious ways to store nectarines

Many housewives believe that there is no need to complicate everything by worrying about the suitability of nectarines. It is best to eat plenty of fresh fruits, and then stock up on them for the winter in canned, dried (such preparations must be stored in a hermetically sealed glass container at a temperature of 20 ° C), boiled, and other forms. The shelf life of such delicacies will allow you to enjoy delicious desserts until the new harvest. In addition, there are a lot of recipes that even gourmets will like.

You cannot be afraid of difficulties, because if you understand everything correctly, it will turn out that there is nothing complicated at all in the process of storing nectarines (and not only).