WHAT IS THE WHITENED ONE?

It is the procedure by means of which there are fixed the flavors, colors and nourishing values of the food, especially of the vegetables.

It is not a procedure in strict sense of cooking, because the food does not reach to tiernizarse completely, but by means of a pre-cooking (only two or three minutes in water boiling) and a rapid cooling, vegetables can survive in the best state.

1st they are cleaned or wash the vegetables

2nd they are cut in portions (if it was necessary)

3rd to Place in a metallic basket (grill of steel)

4th Supporting it of his handles, the basket submerges in a casserole well big (pan) with water boiling, go out, ascorbic acid (these last two ingredients can be suppressed.

5th it leaves to Itself that the water takes the boiling point and from this moment the time takes of whitened indicated for every case (only a few minutes).

6th the grill gets up with the vegetables, they slip (to extract the water) and they are placed in a bucket or in a bigger receptacle full of cold water and ice.

7th one allows to rest the double of the time indicated for the whitened one. They slip good and the food is wrapped in closed bundles that keep in the freezer. (freezer)