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How to Freeze Corn

draining the sweet corn after blanching

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Freeze your garden or farm market sweet corn for year round use.

Ingredients

  • fresh sweet corn
  • water, for boiling

Instructions

  1. Husk corn cobs and remove silk.
  2. Blanch corn 5-6 cobs at a time. Boil for 5-6 minutes, then place in an ice water bath until cool.
  3. Drain corn. Pat dry if freezing whole cobs.
  4. Cut corn from cobs if desired. To make cream style corn, cut corn from cobs, then scrape the milk and pulp from the cobs.
  5. Pack the corn into bags or containers. Remove as much air as possible from bags, leave 1/2 inch headspace in containers.
  6. Date and label, and freeze in a single layer in the freezer.

Notes

For best quality, use frozen corn within 8-12 months.

For longer storage life, use vacuum sealed bags or containers. Freezer corn kernels or cream style corn on a baking sheet before packing into vacuum seal bags.