What Is The Best Way To Store Fresh Ginger?
- Peeling thawed ginger with a vegetable peeler or knife can be difficult and lead to a lot of waste—not to mention slipping and injuring yourself.
- If you don’t have any freezer space to spare, there are other ways that you can store ginger to prolong its life.
- It’s best to use your ginger within six months.
It saves you precious cooking time (and your fingers from getting sliced accidentally). Leaving the peel on reduces food waste because you’re using the entire ginger root. You’ll inevitably lose perfectly good bits of ginger flesh while peeling. If it’s a cleanliness issue for you, just thoroughly wash the ginger before you use it.
Recipes)
- Juice It! Give your homemade fruit and vegetable juices a new twist by passing a slice of fresh ginger through your juicer before juicing the other ingredients.
- Use Fresh Ginger to Add Zing to Smoothies. A little bit of grated fresh ginger root will take any fruit smoothie – or green smoothie – from boring to
- Make Ginger-Flavored Applesauce.
Keeping Ginger Fresh: Tip #4 – Freeze it
- Peel and finely grate the ginger.
- Using a teaspoon, scoop the grated ginger into little individual piles on a parchment-lined plate or tray.
- Place the plate or tray in your freezer.
- When the ginger is frozen, collect the piles, place them into an airtight container or ziplock bag, and put them back in the freezer.