Citrus Growers Forum

Ned · Posted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:55 am

I tried an experiement recently, and wonder if anyone else has tried it. I had heard that you can store whole, unpeeled Meyer Lemons in the freezer, and they would be good when you removed them for use. I have put a few Meyers in the freezer to test the idea, but haven't taken one out yet. I also put a few satsuma in, and took two out this morning to eat. They were suprisingly good! I would have thought they would be mushy, or lose flavor, but they were much the same as fresh fruit. Of course, they were only in there a few days, so I am not sure what will happen long term. Anyone else tried this? If so, what was the result?

Ned

JoeReal · Posted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 1:51 pm

You can only do it once and they should be okay if thawed very slowly. After thawing them and you want to refreeze them they will become very mushy. Thawing very quickly like in the microwave will turn them to mush. I would eat satsumas and other oranges while they're still frozen.

Ned · Posted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 10:15 pm

I thawed and checked out the lemon today. It did not turn out good at all, despite what I have heard to the contary. It was mushy and had an froze taste, which I think came from the frozen peel.

I also tried a calamondin, which did not do well either. I ate the second satsuma, and it was fine.

Ned

Skeeter · Posted: Wed 16 Jan, 2008 11:42 am

Does anyone know if there is there anything special you need to do to when freezing lemon juice?

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JoeReal · Posted: Wed 16 Jan, 2008 12:37 pm

Skeeter wrote:

Does anyone know if there is there anything special you need to do to when freezing lemon juice?

You can buy those plastic ice cube molds and instead of water, put pure lemon juices in there. As soon as the lemon cubes are formed, place inside a freezer ziploc bag and reload with another for freezing. So you store the unfrozen batch in the fridge, and then load the plastic and freeze batch by batch until all lemon juices becomes lemon cubes.

So everytime you want to use lemon, just use the lemon cubes. How about that?

Skeeter · Posted: Wed 16 Jan, 2008 1:29 pm

Good Idea Joe!

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TRI · Posted: Thu 15 Jul, 2010 2:07 am

When freezing citrus juice try and get as much air as possible out of the container it is frozen in to prevent oxidation which causes off flavors to manifest. Frozen citrus juice should last eight to ten months if frozen at 0F or lower in air free air tight containers.

I have some frozen juice from January this year that is still very fresh.