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How to Freeze Citrus Wedges for a Quick and Easy Garnish!

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Freeze Citrus Wedges for a Quick and Easy Garnish!

How to Freeze Citrus Wedges for a Quick and Easy Garnish!

My bi-weekly trips to Costco almost always include a 5 lb. bag of limes, and half the bag always ends up as compost! All the guacamole in the world couldn't use all these babies, so I use my freezer!

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Save epic amounts of money by buying in bulk or if you are lucky, get them from a friend with a citrus tree! Limes at my local grocer are currently 69 cents a piece, but I paid $5.99 for this bag!

Save epic amounts of money by buying in bulk or if you are lucky, get them from a friend with a citrus tree! Limes at my local grocer are currently 69 cents a piece, but I paid $5.99 for this bag!

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Wash!

Wash!

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Grab a lime...

Grab a lime...

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Cut the lime in half...

Cut the lime in half...

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Cut each wedge in half again until you have four equally sized pieces. We love citrus, but you can cut wedges in half again for a smaller version. You can also slice the fruit for drink rim garnishes.

Cut each wedge in half again until you have four equally sized pieces. We love citrus, but you can cut wedges in half again for a smaller version. You can also slice the fruit for drink rim garnishes.

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This is useful for alcoholic drinks, lemonade, iced tea and sangria. Basically any use that doesn't involve eating the actual fruit since freezing changes its original texture.

This is useful for alcoholic drinks, lemonade, iced tea and sangria. Basically any use that doesn't involve eating the actual fruit since freezing changes its original texture.

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Overturn the top of a 1 Qt. freezer safe plastic bag for easy filling. Make sure the bag is the freezer type, the thick plastic protects the gentle fruit better than the bargain variety.

Overturn the top of a 1 Qt. freezer safe plastic bag for easy filling. Make sure the bag is the freezer type, the thick plastic protects the gentle fruit better than the bargain variety.

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Suck out the remaining air as best you can and seal it up. I try to freeze in small quantities so I don't end up with a frozen brick of limes. There are approximately 6-8 limes in this bag

Suck out the remaining air as best you can and seal it up. I try to freeze in small quantities so I don't end up with a frozen brick of limes. There are approximately 6-8 limes in this bag

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Freeze for later use! Stays good for weeks and makes an exceptional addition to drinks keeping them cooler longer. Warm drinks bad! Cold drinks good!

Freeze for later use! Stays good for weeks and makes an exceptional addition to drinks keeping them cooler longer. Warm drinks bad! Cold drinks good!

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Repeat with lemons and oranges. Freezing citrus fruits breaks down the cell structure inside the fruit and yields an intense flavor that makes your sangria screammmmm!

Repeat with lemons and oranges. Freezing citrus fruits breaks down the cell structure inside the fruit and yields an intense flavor that makes your sangria screammmmm!

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Cutting Board

Knife

1 Qt. Plastic Freezer Bag

Freezer

Limes (or citrus fruit of your choice)

Agnes Berthelot

AWesome! Start to wonder if I should buy a larger freezer!

Agnes Berthelot 4 months ago

Sherry Konya

if you freeze them on a cookie sheet then put them in a freezer bag they won't end up as a frozen block, just take out what you need.

Sherry Konya 4 months ago

Helena Eklund

I will definately have to try this. I often end up with lime that I have not used so it is a great tip! I wonder why I have never thought of it ;-)!

Helena Eklund 8 months ago

Jamie Havins

Sorry, pressed send too soon. The fruit may not be perfect when it comes out, but I definitely think it's worth it to do this. The other thing I noticed was the intensity, one lemon slice seemed like three. I will be cutting them smaller next time!

(author) 10 months ago

Jamie Havins

I know, right! As I was dumping my last bag in the compost bin it occurred to me and I immediately went to Google and found mixed results and opinions. In my experience, the fruit does get slightly mushy but not any worse than the normal deterioration when you put fruit in drinks.

(author) 10 months ago

Jenni

Who knew??! Thanks! I'm going to do this today.

Jenni 10 months ago

Janice Wells

I have 7 citrus trees. The fruit doesn't turn out mushy after freezing? I will certainly try this and thank you for posting!

Janice Wells 10 months ago

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Nick Ostrovsky

Freeze like in the freezer? Below zero?

Nick Ostrovsky 4 months ago

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