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Kristi from Rada Cutlery explains different ways of freezing rhubarb. These methods of preservation can be used on other fruits and vegetables as well as rhubarb.

Video Transcript:
Hi, Kristi in the Rada kitchen, and today I'd like to show you our Fresh to Freezer cookbook, it's Methods and Recipes. It's everything to freeze fruits and vegetables from apples to zucchini. When you have a harvest out of your garden, whether you get it at the store or at your farmer's market, this will answer questions like, "How do I freeze small portions?" and "Do I have to blanch the items?" and different techniques to freezing them.

Today I went out to my garden and I harvested some rhubarb. And you want to harvest it when the stems are about 12-24 inches long. You'll want it unbruised, nice, clean stalks. What I did was take my Rada Serrated Paring Knife and I cut the leaf off, and about an inch off the end. I washed it in the sink, and you want to make sure it's really dry, especially if you're going to dry pack it. So I drained it on a paper towel.

So the dry pack method is you just slice up the rhubarb. This first method is called "dry pack." Now this you'd want to use within a few months, you couldn't store it as long. What I like to do is measure it, a cup or two, most recipes take two, up to eight cups of rhubarb, but I like to put it in little freezer bags. You don't have to blanch it, you don't have to add sugar, you simply seal it in a bag and put it in the freezer.

The other method is called the "tray method." This is to freeze it really quick. So you would just simply spread the rhubarb out on a cookie sheet or a tray, it should at least have an edge. You'll just evenly spread that out, and then put it in the freezer for about two hours, and when it's frozen, then you'll transfer it to a bag, a container, to freeze it in.

The other method is to "sugar pack" it. So you take the rhubarb, you'd add about a half a cup of sugar to about four cups, and then that'll bring the juices out of the rhubarb. That rhubarb you could store longer in the freezer, probably up to six to nine months, the sugar helps protect it. Then the other option is the sauce. Or "syrup pack" it's called. So you take a sauce pan, two cups of sugar, four cups of water, and about four cups of rhubarb, and you'll cook it until the sugar is completely dissolved, and then you can pour it into your freezer containers, probably not a bag. I'd probably recommend a container or jars.

So that's just a quick overview of how to freeze rhubarb. There are all kinds of methods for freezing, and also some delicious recipes in this cookbook. It's called "Fresh to Freezer Methods and Recipes".

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