How to freeze eggplants

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to freeze eggplants for the winter? Choose the right fruits. They should be elastic, without cracks or dents, ripe, but not overripe. Wash the eggplants with cold water, cut off the stems from the fruits. Slice the eggplants. They can be cut into any shape, be it circles, bars, cubes, plates. The shape and type of cutting is largely determined by what is subsequently supposed to be prepared from the eggplant (caviar, stew, rolls, baked eggplant, etc.).

2. STEP 2

   

   Place the chopped eggplants (I used small cubes) into a deep container. Remove excess juice and bitterness from eggplants. Sprinkle the eggplants with 2 heaped tablespoons of salt.

3. STEP 3

   

   To make the eggplants tasty and not “rubbery”, we will subject them to heat treatment. To do this, boil a kettle of water and pour boiling water over the eggplant pieces, cover them with a plate on which you place pressure (for me it’s a bowl of water). Leave the eggplants under pressure for 25 minutes.

4. STEP 4

   

   After this time, remove the pressure, rinse the eggplants thoroughly with cold water, then place them in a colander to drain all the water and cool.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then transfer the eggplant pieces into a plastic bag or container. Tie the bag well; if you are using a container, close it tightly with a lid. It is important that they are sealed and airtight. Place the eggplants in the freezer. Store frozen eggplants for 1 year.

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

10.11.2023

4.5

I had several eggplants, but there was no time to cook with them. So I found a recipe for freezing eggplants for the winter. I’ve frozen eggplants before, but they turned out dark and I didn’t like the taste at all. It turns out they needed to be poured with boiling water and rid of the bitterness! It's so simple) I peeled my eggplants, cut them into cubes for a future stew and covered them with salt. Then poured boiling water over it and left for 30 minutes. To get rid of excess water, I first placed it in a colander and then on a paper towel. I froze the eggplants in bulk on a tray. I froze it at night and put it in bags in the morning. It turned out very convenient and the cubes are all one to one. I'm sure that the eggplants in the stew will be very tasty!

Darinochka

10.11.2023

4.9

Looks nice! For this reason, I don’t mind sharing my recipe, here it is

Silver

10.11.2023

4.6

Before freezing, I also bake eggplants in a preheated oven at 180 degrees, for about an hour. During this time, I stir them several times. But I bake the cut slices right away and do not remove the skin from them. I add a little butter to a baking sheet.