Eating Frozen Fruit

[liuzhou]

I’m not talking about frozen fruit intended to be defrosted and used in pie fillings etc. Just freezing fruits and then eating them still frozen.

 

I’ve been using frozen grapes as ice cubes for decades but just recently spotted something that grabbed my interest. Frozen Chinese bayberries. I’ve long liked bayberries but frozen was new. You just pop in in your mouth straight from the freezer. Since then I’ve been experimenting. Strawberries are great too, but the recent local glut of litchis / lychees led me down another avenue.

 

First I had to decide whether to peel them first or not. I tried a couple unpeeled and never looked back. When they come from the freezer, they need sitting for a minute or two, but then peel easily – another new favourite. Freezing them seems to intensify the flavour. Ideal summertime snack.

 

Frozen Litchi - Straight from the Freezer

 

A couple of minutes later

 

 

Do you ever eat frozen fruit? If so which? I’m waiting for the new mangosteen crop to arrive. I know they don't defrost well, but I wonder what they're like still frozen.

 

[Ddanno]

I've been a fan of frozen berries since I was little, my grandparents (who grew them - strawberries, raspberries, black and redcurrants) would put them in ice cream cones for me and my siblings to snack on while we hurtled around the garden in the summer. They froze satsuma segments and grapes and added those as well.

Edited yesterday at 09:22 AM by Ddanno (log)

[chromedome]

We always have grapes in the freezer in summertime for the grandkids, and we try to keep frozen blueberries on hand as well just for all-around use (but eating out of hand is one of those uses). Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (where I live) are both big producers of wild blueberries, so I can usually find a good deal on a 5- or 10-lb box of the frozen ones and then just divide it up into serving-sized or recipe-sized portions. 

[liuzhou]

 

Frozen Grapes in Pernod

 

 

[BeeZee]

Frozen grapes, for sure, but I had frozen some slices of nectarines to use them for…something…and found myself enjoying them still frozen.

[MaryIsobel]

Frozen cubes of watermelon are always in our freezer when the good ones are in season. Since there are only two of us, a whole watermelon is a challenge, Now we eat it fresh and when we're tired of it,  freeze in cubes. A few watermelon cubes, a splash of fresh lime juice and some tonic or soda is a great refreshing summer drink. I also add frozen green grapes to my pinot gris in the summer.

[Pete Fred]

Back in the 90s when The (original) Ivy restaurant in London relaunched, a dessert that had its moment was "Scandinavian Iced Berries with Hot White Chocolate Sauce", created on the recommendation of a customer who had something similar in Sweden, apparently. Recipe via Ina Garten here (although The Ivy always stuck to small berries).

[liuzhou]

30 minutes ago, Pete Fred said:

Back in the 90s when The (original) Ivy restaurant in London relaunched, a dessert that had its moment was "Scandinavian Iced Berries with Hot White Chocolate Sauce", created on the recommendation of a customer who had something similar in Sweden, apparently. Recipe via Ina Garten here (although The Ivy always stuck to small berries).

 

Interesting, but they're not eaten frozen.

 

 

[Pete Fred]

@liuzhou Not all the berries defrost. There is a range.

[liuzhou]

5 minutes ago, Pete Fred said:

@liuzhou Not all the berries defrost. There is a range.

 

The recipe requires that the berries be partially defrosted before even starting, then they have hot chocolate sauce poured over them before serving! They are not frozen! 

[Pete Fred]

@liuzhou In the Ivy version the berries are plated for five minutes to "lose their chill" then the sauce added. When I had it the berries ranged from warmed to still frozen. That's all I can tell you.

[liuzhou]

My latest success story. Frozen Jackfruit