Recipes with frozen berries - 13 cooking recipes

Frozen berries can be used in cooking only in certain cases. For example, if you cook compote, jelly, or porridge from them. For smoothies and cocktails, half-thawed ones will do. But if you are planning to take up baking or desserts, then the snow beauties must be brought back to life. How to do it right?

First. When defrosted, the berries release a lot of liquid and juice. For dishes in which strict proportions of dry and wet products are observed, everything unnecessary is like death (not literally, of course)). Therefore, the berries should not only be brought to room temperature, but also the excess moisture should be drained from them afterwards. It is not necessary to pour it into the sink - you can use it for cooking compote.

Second. Chances are high that the drained berry juice is exactly what your pie is missing. That is, along with the excess liquid, we will remove the juiciness. How to avoid this? Take risks, namely: roll frozen berries in starch and add them to the filling in this form. The starch will absorb all excess and the cake will not leak. The bad part: it will add calories to the dish.

It is better to defrost any frozen food gradually. In this case, less liquid will be released and more vitamins will be retained. For berries you can use: