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- Store broccoli - so keep the vitamin-rich vegetables properly
- What you should consider in principle
- How to store broccoli
- Keep broccoli in plastic wrap
- Store broccoli as a bouquet
- Keep broccoli in damp kitchen paper
- Freeze broccoli
Broccoli is best kept in a vase like a bouquet
Store broccoli - so keep the vitamin-rich vegetables properly
Broccoli is one of the healthiest types of vegetables and can be used in many ways - in rice and pasta dishes it unfolds its aroma just as well as it does with roasted nuts or with potatoes. How to properly store broccoli so that its head stays crisp for as long as possible, you will find in our guide!
What you should consider in principle
Make sure to catch fresh broccoli when you buy. They recognize this simply by the color: dark green or blue-green roses indicate that it is a good broccoli. A light green or even yellowish copy, on the other hand, is about to begin or is already spoiling. So keep your hands off it. Even with brown spots you should not take the vegetables.
It is important to store broccoli separately from ripening fruits and vegetables such as apples and pears, bananas or tomatoes. They defrost the maturity gas ethylene - which causes the broccoli and other vegetable or fruity neighbors to rot faster.
How to store broccoli
You can keep broccoli in the refrigerator or freeze them for a shelf life of several months. In terms of storage in the refrigerator, there are various options:
Keep broccoli in plastic wrap
Broccoli is usually sold in plastic wrappers - but without holes. When storing it is important that the vegetables can "breathe". Therefore, we advise you to put a few small holes in the shell. This promotes air permeability. So you can store the broccoli in the fridge - preferably in the vegetable compartment. He lasts about three to five days.
Store broccoli as a bouquet
Unconventional but effective:
- Fill a sufficiently large bowl with a little water (1.5 centimeters). Place the broccoli with the stalk down in the bowl. The head should protrude beyond the edge of the bowl. Cover the head loosely with a perforated plastic bag. Place the broccoli in the fridge. Change the water every day.
With this method, vegetables usually last five to seven days.
Keep broccoli in damp kitchen paper
This variant mimics the operation of automatic humidification systems used in supermarkets.
- Fill an empty, clean and originally harmless filled (not corrosive) spray bottle with cold water. Spray the head of broccoli evenly. Wrap the vegetables loosely in kitchen paper. The paper absorbs the moisture and keeps the broccoli fresh. Put the vegetables in the fridge.
The wrapped broccoli will remain edible for about three days.
Freeze broccoli
- Cut the broccoli into florets. Blanch the pieces for about three minutes. Frighten the florets again for three minutes in ice water. Drain the pieces in a sieve. Dry the florets carefully with kitchen paper. Pour the pieces in small portions in freezer bags. Seal the bags airtight. Put the freezer bags in the freezer.
This is how broccoli retains its freshness for at least six months, sometimes even a year.