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Title: freezing leeks
Post by: obbie on April 15, 2010, 02:36:39 am: :) hi, i have just been given 10 leeks.
If i chop them up in my thermomix, would they freeze ok.

i don't want to waste them.
thanks,
Robyn
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: judydawn on April 15, 2010, 02:41:47 am: Obbie, Dad used to give me heaps of leeks and I used to slice them and pack them in freezer bags for soups. Worked well. Don't know about chopping them in the TMX - wouldn't overdo it, maybe just a quick blitz.
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: obbie on April 15, 2010, 02:56:01 am: Thanks Judy....
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: Russell on April 15, 2010, 08:12:27 am: Are leeks seasonal in the supermarkets? We've never really used them before, but now on the FAILSAFE diet, they're the main onion replacement, and when DW went to gets ome yesterday, there were none in the shop :(

Russell.
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: judydawn on April 15, 2010, 09:03:03 am: Should be available all year round, maybe the shop just ran out of them and I guess it could depend on where you live too.
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: obbie on April 15, 2010, 10:14:47 am: we seem to get them all year round.
i make potato and leek soup from EDC all the time.

i will freeze some, and see how i go.

Robyn
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: Thermomixer on April 15, 2010, 11:25:31 am: I think that I would prefer to steam them first and then freeze them ? Should check my references. Sorry, they're probably frozen now. :(
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on April 15, 2010, 01:13:56 pm: Quote from: Russell on April 15, 2010, 08:12:27 am
Are leeks seasonal in the supermarkets? We've never really used them before, but now on the FAILSAFE diet, they're the main onion replacement, and when DW went to gets ome yesterday, there were none in the shop :(

Russell.

I just picked the last of our crop today to freeze - 30 leeks!!! They grow well in Tassie most of the year, but not sure about other parts. :)
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: Tebasile on April 15, 2010, 03:38:48 pm: Quote from: Thermomixer on April 15, 2010, 11:25:31 am
I think that I would prefer to steam them first and then freeze them ? Should check my references. Sorry, they're probably frozen now. :(

Too much work Thermomixer ;).

I freeze them washed, sliced, unblanched and add them frozen into soup
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: obbie on April 16, 2010, 03:56:29 am: :) Thanks, i sliced them up, and froze in snap lock bags.
should be ok.

thanks,
Robyn
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on April 16, 2010, 05:14:37 am: I read in "A Year in a Bottle" that onions are one of the few vegetables that don't require blanching or steaming and decided that leeks were close enough to not worry about either. ;D
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: Thermomixer on April 17, 2010, 07:35:57 am: Sounds good to me. Wise Sally
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: babyw on November 21, 2012, 10:48:23 pm: Hi, I have a lot of leeks that are ready in our garden and was going to freeze them.

Just wondering if anyone had any success with freezing leeks?

I was going to give them a quick saute or blanch first, but if I can just chop and freeze that would be much easier.

TIA
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: astarra on November 21, 2012, 10:56:00 pm: Last years excess I just washed, dried and sliced, put into snap lock bags and now use from frozen, never can tell. :)
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: fundj&e on November 21, 2012, 11:39:52 pm: rybon i fry them up with a little oil then freeze, like i did with spring onions yesterday

or slow and long (confit) fry with plenty of oil put in jars and leave in the fridge and just use them like u would an onion
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: judydawn on November 21, 2012, 11:59:36 pm: Dad used to just slice and freeze without blanching.
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: obbie on November 22, 2012, 12:05:41 am: I have frozen leeks still, just wizzed in the thermo and froze in snap lock bags.

No worries.
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: babyw on November 22, 2012, 02:11:23 am: Thanks so much for all the replies.

Freezing leeks is now my job for tomorrow - I'll just slice and freeze.
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: blackwood on November 22, 2012, 09:52:22 am: Thanks for the tips on freezing leeks...would this work for onions as well? I've got so many onions in my cupboard at the moment!

Thanks!
Title: Re: freezing leeks
Post by: judydawn on November 22, 2012, 10:34:25 am: Yes blackwood, you can buy chopped onions in the freezer section of supermarkets. I made myself a huge bagful a while back but haven't used any of them yet but I did borrow some from a neighbour once when I ran out of onions and they were fine.