Best Way To Freeze Turnip (Swede)

[themorrigan]

I have a glut of swedes and need to thin them out. I know they will be perfectly ok in the ground until after the first frosts but the thinings are big enough to eat and are quite tender. Would it be best to cube them, blanch and freeze them -or should I cook them completely then freeze them? I use them for stews and mashed with butter. Thanks.

[Mamyalynne]

I would do a combination of the two - cube and blanch some for stews and fully cooked and mash the rest and portion up into bags or tubs.

[ummmm]

Blanch / cook them. Freeze some cubed and some mashed.

[mallyh]

when i buy frozen swede its cubed and blanched

[friedgreentomato]

the problem is they don't get their flavour until after the first frost!

[themorrigan]

friedgreentomato -thats right! They taste much sweeter after the first frosts and I will leave the majority of them in the ground, but I have to take some out now to let the ones left grow as they are all jammed up together. Oh I love swede mashed with butter and lots of pepper. Think I will take advice and do some for stews and some cooked and mashed then see which works out the best. Thank you for the prompt replies!

[mikey4444]

My Mum used to mash swede and carrots together, with lots of butter. Nowadays, I add loads of black pepper as well !

Also you can roast swede in the same manner as potatoes and serve it with your roast beef....yum yum yum !

[joggerjayne]

OMG, I love swede.

Mashed, with butter and, as Mikey says, black pepper.

Yummers!

[bednobs]

are turnips and swedes the same thing? Learn something new everyday!

[Mamyalynne]

http://topveg.com/2010/07/the-difference-between-swedes-and-turnips/

[Mamyalynne]

The name you give them depends on your location...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_(terminology)

[friedgreentomato]

now bedknobs this is where the confusion starts to me turnips (neaps) are large with an orange centre and swedes are little white things.

I hasten to add this is just to me

[ummmm]

I was just going to say that they aren't the same thing.

[ummmm]

That's also the whole of Scotland.

[friedgreentomato]

ummm is that at me?

[themorrigan]

My swedes are what I would call turnips large purply cream skins with orange flesh, I now have around 20 the size of large cricket balls I've thinned out so am going to process them this afternoon.

[ummmm]

Yes...all the Scottish people I know refer to swedes as turnips and vice versa.

[friedgreentomato]

lol ummm, yup thats where I got it from, mum and nana.

[bednobs]

you arer all crazy
swede = https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sweden&rlz=1C1AFAB_enGB450GB450&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=T58CUv3yGcfdPZCOgOAJ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=667#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=1557b7edb9477ea9&;q=swede&sa=1&;tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=yQItcc50W1lwXM%3A%3BM9oeqby_CUWZiM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.rivieraproduce.eu%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F08%252Fimage_riviera_swede.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.rivieraproduce.eu%252Fswede%3B1500%3B1380
turnip = https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sweden&rlz=1C1AFAB_enGB450GB450&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=T58CUv3yGcfdPZCOgOAJ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=667#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=2e9dce4cb44d860d&;q=turnip&sa=1&tbm=isch&;facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=HFBoDJxIJuPP9M%3A%3BtxggYnCGLv7IAM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fichef.bbci.co.uk%252Ffood%252Fic%252Ffood_16x9_608%252Ffoods%252Ft%252Fturnip_16x9.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bbc.co.uk%252Ffood%252Fturnip%3B608%3B344

[ferlew]

This statement from the links confirms it for sure...
"The difference between swedes & turnips is evident when you see the two side by side. The turnip is smaller, smoother & rounder than the swede. //Swedes have a whiter flesh than swedes//."


Understood now ;)

[Maydup]

I'd eat some, cube and freeze some and mash some to freeze too.