When i make stock for soup, is there a way to condense it so that i can freeze more in my small freezer?!
I only have a small freezer, can i condense home made stock!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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You could boil and reduce by half - it would make it slightly thicker with a better flavour!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Like previously said, make it a lot stronger and just reduce it, you could also put your stock into ice cube trays which make it easier to get out when u need it, u can either leave them in the tray or once frozen tip them out into a freezer bag!. You dont need to have bilky containers in your freezer then!.
When u need it just add more liquid to dilute it a bit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
When u need it just add more liquid to dilute it a bit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yes keep reducing it!. It will gradually get thicken and more intensely flavored!. Freeze it then!. When you thaw it, you just add more water!.
By the way, if you only need small amounts of stock for a recipe soemtimes freeze your stock in ice cube trays!. Than you can use it a cube at a time without thawing the whole container!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
By the way, if you only need small amounts of stock for a recipe soemtimes freeze your stock in ice cube trays!. Than you can use it a cube at a time without thawing the whole container!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Boil It down!. It will make the flavor slightly stronger, but you can reduce it almost in half using this method!. I have a small freezer too and this is what I do with Stews and Soups!. When you want to use it, Just take it out, put it in a soup pot, add some water, boil for an hour to combine it and enjoy!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Easier to buy a small under counter freezer!. (7 cu!. feet) I have one in my kitchen and it is very convenient!. All my stocks and tomato sauce in stackable containers fit inside!. Dinner is always a half hour away!. Take that Rachel Ray!Www@FoodAQ@Com
How about freezing it as ice cubes or those bags you can buy that make ice cubes!. You can then make the same amount so storing it will be easier as it will be smaller!? also good if you only want to use a little next time you need it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I only have a small freezer too, so have, or had the same problem!.
Although you can keep boiling the stock to reduce the liquid, I find it's easier to make stock, and soups, using less liquid in the first place!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Although you can keep boiling the stock to reduce the liquid, I find it's easier to make stock, and soups, using less liquid in the first place!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Freeze it bit by bit, and then smash it up to make it smaller, (say, to a powder) and bag it up or put in a tub!. then shove back in your freezer!. You can keep more that way, thats what we do at work!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
keep simmering it until it's intense and reduced!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
use an air tight freezer safe tub or if you only want small amounts use an ice tray and make iced stock cubesWww@FoodAQ@Com