Blanch?

[Leneyloo]

What does Blanch mean?

[Mama Mangia]

blanching foods is just a cooking technique where you briefly plunge food into boiling water and then immediately plunge the food into very cold or ice cold water to stop the cooking process

you can blanch certain veggies for 1 to 3 minutes just to keep their colors - like asparagus or broccoli, etc

if you are blanching tomatoes or peaches - it is usually done for 1 to 3 minutes and it is for easy removal of their skins

if you are going to freeze veggies for later use - you usually need to blanch them first so that the enzymes in the food do not breakdown causing the food to rot - different veggies are blanched for different times when freezing veggies

some people will blanch bacon or salt pork for 3 to 5 minutes to remove the excess salt

[sarahlorrain]

Thanks for this! I have always wondered what in the heck "blanch" meant!

[Mama Mangia]

you're very welcomed!

[cookforkids]

This is very informative. I didnt know what it was or what it was for until now Your the Best!!!

[Mama Mangia]

awwww shucks (blush).............

[clara]

I love blanching veggies, it makes them crispier and it's fun to eat hearing the crunchy sound.

[pinklife]

Blanching is the method of partial cooking, where foods are immersed in boiling water or boiled briefly.The advantage of blanching in garnishing is to make vegetables, fruit or herbs more pliable and easier to handle. It also helps to preserve a bright colour.

[reign24]

learning is good.

[lthipphawong@hotmail.com]

You also need to blanch french fries before frying them to doneness. That's what we do in restaurants. Usually deep fry them for about 2 minutes and let them sit before frying them again.