In our country, cabbage is a popular and healthy vegetable. Well, when she is in the kitchen at hand. For this, refrigerators are actively used. In order to keep it longer, you need to know how to store cabbage in the refrigerator.

Where is the best place to put cabbage in the refrigerator

In the refrigerator, cabbage likes the coldest places, where the temperature is 1-2 degrees below zero. Modern refrigerators have a special area for storing vegetables. If there is no such zone, the head is placed where vegetables are usually stored and the temperature of the refrigerator is set to the lowest level.

But for more than a month it is not stored in the refrigerator, as it begins to deteriorate. Sometimes it starts to rot after a few days of lying.

To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to correctly position the head of cabbage in the refrigerator.

When stored properly in the refrigerator, cabbage will keep for up to a month.

Preparing the head for storage

How to store cabbage in the refrigerator so that the head of cabbage is preserved as long as possible?

There are many ways to properly store. But all methods are aimed at protecting the head of cabbage from moisture. To do this, most often, fresh cabbage is wrapped in cling film. The sequence of preparation of the fetus is as follows:

1. Choose a vegetable with a tight head of cabbage, where the top leaves are tightly connected to the vegetable.
2. Cut the stalk at the level of the lower leaves or more by 1-2 cm.
3. If there are damages, cut them off.
4. Wrap with cling film in three layers. Make sure that the folds are smoothed out in order to prevent air.
5. Place in the coldest part of the refrigerator.

You can wrap the head of cabbage in paper and put it in a plastic bag in which holes are made. The paper that has absorbed the moisture of the head must be changed.

No matter how you store cabbage in the refrigerator, it is important that there is no moisture on its surface. The head of cabbage may not be wrapped, but it will last for several days. Cabbage in sauerkraut is allowed to be stored in the freezer. If it is in brine, vitamins will not be lost even at 10 degrees below zero. But you can store not only white cabbage, but also cauliflower, broccoli.

You can put in the refrigerator only cabbage without moisture on the surface

Freezing cauliflower

Cauliflower has a good taste and is endowed with valuable vitamins. You can use cauliflower in cooking not only in summer and autumn, but also in winter. To do this, the cauliflower must be frozen.

The freezing process is as follows:

• Put a head of cauliflower in salty cold water so that insects and larvae come out.
• For 2-3 minutes, dip in boiling water with the addition of lemon juice or acid.
• Prepare a clean pot of cold water to place the cauliflower in after blanching. This will preserve the valuable substances of the vegetable, color, juiciness.
• Dry the vegetable.
• Cut off or trim leaves, spoiled places.
• Divide the cauliflower into florets.
• Place flowers in airtight bags.

You can also freeze other types: broccoli, Brussels sprouts.

Cauliflower frozen blanched

Freezing white cabbage

For storage at low temperatures, the highest quality white cabbage is used: juicy, fresh, undamaged. It is better to put summer varieties in the freezer, winter varieties themselves are well stored.

Frozen white cabbage will not be used for salads. But for frying, boiling, stewing is very suitable. The stages of freezing such a head of cabbage are as follows:

1. Choose a vegetable.
2. Remove dried, sluggish, damaged leaves.
3. Cut out places where there are dark spots.
4. Wash the head, dry.
5. Cut into straws.
6. Boil water and pour over chopped cabbage. This keeps the color and taste of the vegetable longer.
7. Pack in small bags. It is better to use hermetic ones.
8. Put in the freezer.

You can also freeze a whole head of vegetables. Cabbage rolls can be prepared from frozen cabbage without boiling the leaves, as they are already soft. Made stew will turn out no worse than fresh.

The good thing is that you don't have to defrost. After pulling out of the freezer, immediately throw into a saucepan or a frying pan. But it is best to put in a slow cooker.

It is most convenient to freeze chopped cabbage

How to keep broccoli fresh

This vegetable is quite difficult to keep fresh. If stored improperly, broccoli will quickly go from fresh to an unsightly and inedible vegetable. In order for such a healthy vegetable to be kept fresh for as long as possible, there are several ways:

1. Make a bouquet of broccoli: put the stem in a container of water, put a plastic bag over the inflorescences, with holes for air circulation. So the vegetable will last up to seven days.
2. Wrap the broccoli in a damp paper towel. Many grocery stores use this method. You can first spray the cabbage with water from a spray bottle, then loosely wrap it with a paper towel, which will absorb excess liquid and put it in an airtight place in the refrigerator. So, broccoli will look fresh for three days.
3. Take a plastic bag, make a few holes for air. Put the cabbage in a bag and refrigerate.