How to freeze cloudberries: all freezing methods

How to prepare cloudberries for freezing

After harvesting, you should begin the freezing process as quickly as possible in order to preserve all the beneficial substances as much as possible.

Before placing in the freezer, the berries need to be sorted, removing spoiled and rotten specimens. Cloudberries should not be washed, as excess liquid can only further deform the delicate fruit.

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Methods for freezing cloudberries in the freezer

Whole berries in bulk

Strong, dense cloudberries are laid out on a cutting board in one layer so that they do not touch each other. The board should first be covered with cling film or cellophane.If there are a lot of berries, then you can lay them out in several layers, covering each with film.

The berries in this form are sent to the freezer until completely frozen. After this, they can be poured into one container, packed tightly and put back in the cold.

Cloudberries in sugar

The berries are placed in containers or cups, sprinkled with a small amount of sugar. The container is tightly closed with a lid or sealed with cling film in several layers.

Chopped berry

Before freezing, cloudberries can be made into a puree or paste using a potato masher, blender or food processor. You can add a small amount of sugar to this preparation. For 1 kilogram of cloudberries you will need 200 - 250 grams of granulated sugar.

Cloudberries, pureed through a sieve

The puree prepared as described above can be rubbed through a sieve to get rid of small seeds. This preparation is usually prepared for later use in the children's menu, so there is no need to add sugar.

Place the seedless puree into ice cube trays and freeze. Once the puree is completely frozen, remove the cubes and place them in a separate container.

How to freeze cloudberry juice

The berries are crushed with a blender, adding 250 grams of clean water for every half a kilo of berries. After this, the paste is passed through a very fine sieve or through several layers of gauze, squeezing out the juice. You can immediately add sugar to the finished juice to taste.

The juice is poured into disposable plastic glasses, without topping up, and sealed with cling film. In this form, the workpiece is sent to the chamber for long-term storage.

Cloudberries in their own juice

An excellent dessert is cloudberries frozen in their own juice.Whole, dense berries are laid out in containers, occupying approximately 1/3 of the total volume.

Some of the berries that were damaged during transportation are made into a puree by grinding them in a blender. Sugar is taken in the following proportion: for 1 kilogram of berries – 200 – 250 grams of granulated sugar.

Whole cloudberries are poured with a sweet mixture, then tightly closed with a lid and sent to the cold.

How to store and defrost cloudberries

2 hours before placing the fruits in the freezer, it is advisable to set the “SuperFrost” mode on the freezer, and after final freezing, the berries should be stored at a temperature of -18ºC.

Since cloudberries very quickly absorb foreign odors, you should pay special attention to the tightness of the packaging in which the product is stored in the freezer.

To defrost the berries, they should first be placed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, and after 10-12 hours put on the table and finally defrosted at room temperature.