How to thaw strawberries

Strawberry is a great dessert, a valuable source of vitamins, minerals and super tasty berry. Unfortunately, this product is strictly seasonal, and in January to treat yourself to fresh strawberries will not work. Except that having neither taste nor smell – from the supermarket. The way to use frozen. With proper defrosting it slightly inferior to fresh.

You will need

• - strawberry;
• - deep dish.

Instruction

1. Before purchasing, please read carefully the information on the package of berries. It should be stated that before you is a product of freezing. Only in this way, the berries retain up to 90% of the contained nutrients.
2. The best kind of unfreezing of the strawberry is aging at room temperature for several hours. Of course, pre-packaging of berries should be cut open and pour them in a bowl with high sides (for example, a container of food-grade plastic).
   Some Housewives thawed fruits and berries under running hot water. After this treatment, vitamins in strawberries will not remain. The same goes for defrosting in a microwave oven.
3. Accidentally defrosted berries it is urgent to use. Re-freezing they are not. Of partially thawed strawberries you can make great berry desserts. For example, the chopped berries in a blender, spilling the berry mixture over kremanku and garnish with leaves of fresh mint.