When the juicy oranges are offered cheaply in the supermarket in autumn and winter, it is worth storing the popular vitamin C donors in the freezer.

Oranges can also be frozen as juice, e.g. in ramekins

store oranges

Oranges are best kept in a dark and cool place. It should have enough air circulation and be dry. Moisture damages the orange, it could quickly go moldy.
Oranges can also be stored in a closed plastic bag in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator for about four weeks.

Freezing oranges in different ways

If you want to store a larger quantity of oranges, you should freeze part of the fruit. oranges can

  • in individual slices,
  • in slices,
  • in the form of juice or
  • in syrup

be frozen.

Freezing carvings

  1. Wash the oranges under running water and dry them carefully.
  2. Peel the oranges with a sharp knife.
  3. Also remove the white outer skin.
  4. Now use the sharp knife to make deep cuts along the tender inner skin.
  5. Carefully remove the fillets.

The individual fillets can now be frozen. To prevent them from sticking together, let them pre-freeze on a tray and first put the well-frozen pieces in a suitable freezer container.

Freeze fruit slices or fruit juice

Orange slices are frozen in a similar way to the fillets. After washing, cut the fruit into slices and freeze them on a tray. Then store the frozen slices in freezer containers.

For the fruit juice, squeeze the orange juice into suitable containers and place them in the freezer. Freezing the juice in ice cube trays is practical.

Freeze orange fillets in syrup

  1. Prepare a syrup from 3 1/4 cups sugar and 5 cups warm water.
  2. Peel the fruit and remove the fillets.
  3. Place the fillets in suitable freezer containers or glass containers.
  4. Pour syrup over the orange fillets, covering them.
  5. Seal the cans or jars, date them and place them in your freezer.

Continue using frozen oranges

When the oranges are thawed, they have a relatively soft consistency. However, this is irrelevant when preparing desserts with cream or yogurt. The thawed oranges are also ideal as a filling for pancakes or as orange cream on a cake.

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