Kitchen Garden Forum

Right! I now have a large quantity of damson purree, some of which I want to freeze in very small portions (for putting in a bowl of porridge, mixing with yoghurt for one person, etc.). Freezing in ice cube trays sounds the best bet but I don't want to discolour my plastic ice cube tray so any bright ideas on alternative ways of doing this? We've just tried putting some in the plastic bags which make individual ice cubes but the purree was too thick, so I'm looking for Plan B please!

Primrose

We freeze sloppy stuff 'flat' in those plastic bags with a snap seal. If you flatten the bag of puree onto a metal tray so it's spread out like thick pastry, once frozen solid, you can snap off pieces from it, and reseal the bag. We do this with herbs and olive oil, tomatoes and fruit puree or whatever...

Mole

I do that with onions and you're right, it works very well.

you can line mugs with a poly bag to get a nice round disc and modify quantities for your needs and if neccessary will fit back into mug to defrost in the microwave good for soup too

I used a plastic bowl to keep some of my cooked damsons in the fridge overnight. - Also used another plastic bowl (different type of plastic) when measuring out the weight of de-stoned damsons for jam. Neither bowl stained at all.

what about freezing it in a metal bun tray and bagging up the portions afterwards?

Thanks for your suggestions which have been very useful. A friend has also suggested placing some thin plastic sheet over an ice cube tray to prevent staining, and then gently dripping the purree into each cell, so that the weight of the mixture slowly moulds into the shape of the cell.