Strawberries are one of the seasonal fruits in the month of March and will continue to experience their maximum splendor until June. Loaded with healthy properties and with an exquisite flavor, they are perfect to enjoy alone, accompanied with whipped cream, crowning a cake or even completing a salad.
Now, they are one of the fruits that go bad the fastest. Even if we store them in the refrigerator, if you don’t consume them as soon as you buy them, they quickly become soft, pooey, and moldy, leaving you with no choice but to throw them in the trash. To prevent this from happening to you, take good note of the trick to clean and preserve strawberries so that they stay fresh for much longer.
The procedure to clean and keep strawberries in good condition for longer is shown in a video from the Instagram profile @lasrecetasdemimadre, with 1.2 million followers. The first step is to clean them correctly. Although at first glance they appear clean, the truth is that they may contain dirt that goes unnoticed, so it is advisable to disinfect them.
To do this, it is not enough to put them under a stream of water, but you must clean them more thoroughly. First, put the strawberries in a bowl of warm water and rub them a little. Next, transfer them to another bowl with cold water and you will see that they have released dirt that you did not expect.
Then, it’s time to move on to this trick that is sweeping social networks, to store the strawberries in the refrigerator, making them stay fresh for much longer.
After letting the strawberries rest in the cold water, dry them very well with kitchen paper. Take a container with an airtight seal and place a piece of kitchen paper or a paper napkin on the base and put the strawberries on top of the paper. Then, close the container with its airtight lid, so that no air enters. And in this simple way, you can now store them in the refrigerator so that your strawberries stay fresh for longer.
