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Broad beans
Lots of beans this year which has come all at once. I have decided to freeze them
Any answers please to whether i should blanch them or not.
Lots of rain in north cornwall at the moment. Good it will fill the water butts up,so hard with watering cans from the outside tap.
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I blanch them for about a minute then plunge into iced water - cool - drain - dry on tea towel and freeze.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You normally blanch them for a 2 mins or less then freeze on a tray. It's easier to skin the beans after blanching as well. Not everybody skins them, but I find they taste better without the skin.
Many thanks for that. All done and drying on the trays
i just wash them and freeze. but will try doves way as well . save some for christmass
I find they keep much better if I blanch them - but if I've got a few and I'm going to use them in a week or so I'll sometimes just pop them in a bag and straight into the freezer - but they're never quite as good as when I blanch them.
Didn't have room to grow them this year - OH grew some garlic in the empty patch last autumn - very good garlic but I'm envious of your beans - I've bought some frozen ones
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
put a lot in . as the peas are poor .
I blanch as well, then leave till they are cold and skin them then open freeze.