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freezing leeks
« 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.
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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2010, 02:56:01 am »
Thanks Judy....
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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #3 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 :(

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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #5 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.

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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #6 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.  :(
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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2010, 01:13:56 pm »
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.  :)

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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2010, 03:38:48 pm »
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
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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2010, 03:56:29 am »
 :) Thanks, i sliced them up, and froze in snap lock bags.
should be ok.

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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #10 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

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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2010, 07:35:57 am »
Sounds good to me. Wise Sally
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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #12 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.

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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #13 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.  :)
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Re: freezing leeks
« Reply #14 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 
i don't need a recipe i'm italian