Some like it hot, and it doesn't always have to be a chilli. The radish can keep up very well with its sharpness. Black radish is even healthy and helps with winter colds. Cooked radish can be frozen in advance.

Radish should only be frozen when cooked

Freezing is uncommon

Radish is often eaten raw in this country. Especially in the south of the country, it is often served fresh and crispy in beer gardens. In addition, due to the numerous summer and winter varieties, the radish season is quite long overall. If one variety is no longer freshly available, you can easily switch to another.

Do not freeze raw radishes

Radish is one of the vegetables that contain a lot of water. As a result, the vegetables are extremely low in calories and still tasty. However, such a high water content is disadvantageous for freezing. At sub-zero temperatures, the water in the cells expands and they burst open. The result is: mushy radish that simply no longer tastes good.

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Spring and summer varieties can only be kept in the refrigerator for a few days. Black winter radish, on the other hand, can be stored for months. It is an alternative for those who miss the raw radish taste after freezing.

Freeze cooked radish

However, once the radish is cooked through, it freezes well. It is freed from the shell, cut and cooked. Before freezing, the radish pieces must be completely cool. Freezing as a method of preservation is suitable for many radish varieties. Among them are:

  • white radish
  • Black radish
  • red radish
  • Chinese radish

Dishes containing radish

Because of its heat, the radish is often only added to a dish in small quantities and together with other cooking ingredients. In the case of a ready-cooked meal with a radish portion, the question arises as to whether leftovers can be frozen. That's fine. Since the radish is cooked, the entire dish can be frozen. Unless there are other reasons against it.

durability

Since the radish goes into the freezer fully cooked, it should be used within three months. Longer storage is not recommended because time will negatively affect consistency and taste. This also applies to frozen foods that contain radish.

FYI: Spoiled vegetables are easy to recognize by their reddish-brown or white discolouration.

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