It ’s that time of the twelvemonth when our freezers are probably see a slew of action as sauces , soups , stock , and all form of seasonal bounties start make their way from the garden to the kitchen to — eventually — this winter ’s dinner table .
A deficiency of space in my own freezer mean I ’ve pass over my older standby offreezing whole cherry tomatoesin favor of tomato purees that are quick to spice up for homemade marinara sauce , soup , and catsup .
( Here ’s my favorite formula forhomemade tomato sauce — no blanching , shedding , or seeding need ! )
And that brings up a question I ’m often asked : What ’s the most ideal means to store these liquid in the deep-freeze ?
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For years I used the flat - pack baggie method : sate a few zip - top freezer bags with liquid , squeeze all the supernumerary air out , then lay them flat and heap them in the freezer .
( Some marketing whizz felt our pain of freezer bags getting all misshapen and tumble over , and createdthis gismo for heap them dead flat , as well asthis product which lets you freeze down bags just , making use of upright storage . )
While that tested - and - true method is pretty ready to hand in the kitchen , these day I find myself reach for my Freemason jars more and more .
They ’re wanton to fill up , well-off to melting , gratis of leak , and utile for storing leftover liquid in the fridge ( without the need to decant into a separate container ) .
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If you ’re attempt to debar excessive use of charge card in the family , glass mason jars are a large reusable option that you likely already have around . you’re able to freeze liquids in mason jounce and store them for several months in the freezer .
But!If you are n’t careful , the glass may crack or shatter as the liquids solidify .
So here ’s a ready bakshis for making sure that does n’t take place …
expend only square - sided mason jounce and sate them to the freeze - filling demarcation .
On Ball- and Kerr - branded jars ( made by the same company , for whichI was a Newell Brands ambassador ) , the freeze - fill crease is a flimsy line found just below the threads , about an inch from the brim .
Some ( though not all ) of their jounce even have “ For Freezing — Fill Here ” embossed on the line .
The role of the halt - fill line is to indicate the maximal amount of liquid you could safely store in your jar without risk a cracked jounce when the depicted object stop dead and flourish .
Jars that are best suit for freezing liquids include :
fall out to notice a vernacular feature article among these jars ? They all havestraight sides .
Jars that have shoulder , such as regular- and wide - mouth quart , arenotsuitable for freezing liquidsunlessyou fill them to no more than 1 inch BELOW the shoulders .
This is n’t the most efficient usage of distance , since only 2 1/2 to 3 cups of liquidness will fit — but in a pinch , it ’ll function .
I ’ve successfully frozen liquids in quart jars by making certain I bequeath peck of headspace ( about 3 inches ) for the liquids to blow up up .
If you are n’t comfortable with this , but like the convenience of jars and need to store more than jelly jars take into account , you may also tryplastic freezer jars . ( These come in different size , depending on how much liquid you need to store . )
Here are a few thing to keep in judgment to thin the hazard of leaks and breakage with glass mason jars :
What are some of your preferred food to stash in the freezer ?
This post updated from an article that originally appear on July 24 , 2017 .
