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- At any time tender onion taste thanks to frozen spring onions
- Worth knowing about spring onions
- Freeze spring onions in three steps
- The thawing of spring onions
Spring onions are best frozen
At any time tender onion taste thanks to frozen spring onions
Spring onions can also be processed frozen when frozen. Learn more about how to prepare and freeze your spring-onions for the freezer step by step.
Worth knowing about spring onions
The term "leek onion", as the spring onion is often called, raises the legitimate question: What then? Onion or leek? In fact, a spring onion resembles a thin leek, but the thickening at the bottom and the tubular leaves reveal that spring onions are young-picked onions. Although the name suggests otherwise, the tender onions are not only in spring season. The harvest season in Germany extends into October.
Freeze spring onions in three steps
Since spring onions can be frozen raw, there are only a few simple steps to a durable frozen stock. The fresher the onions are frozen, the crisper and tastier they are even after thawing.
- Clean the fresh spring onions by cutting off the roots and possibly withered leaves. It is usually not necessary to remove the outermost skin. Cut the spring onions into rings. You can use both the white part and the green leaves. Put the prepared spring onion rings raw in freezer bags or deep freeze boxes. From freezer bags, press out as much air as possible before closing. When closed, the containers now enter the *** freezer compartment.
Depending on later use, it is also possible to freeze the white part of the spring onion separately from the green onion leaves. Do not forget to label the freezer containers with the freezing date and contents.
The thawing of spring onions
If you want to use the spring onions raw, for example in salads or dips, put them in the closed freezer in the refrigerator. As a result, even when thawing the cold chain is not interrupted and harmful germs have no chance to spread on the vegetables. Since thawing takes a few hours this way, it's best to put the spring onions in the fridge the night before.
For use in cooked dishes, place the frozen spring onion rings directly in the pot or pan. By briefly cooking or sipping, the spring onions thaw quickly and retain their crisp texture. By thawing previously they would become mushy.
Frozen spring onions are stable for one year at -18 ° C in the freezer. The sooner you use them, the fresher and more aromatic the onions taste.