How to store the sausage in the refrigerator: 3 ways to prolong the freshness of the product

Meat products - a favorite treat both adults and children.

Now there is a huge variety of sausage products: from the sausages, ham finishing. At first glance it may seem that it is quite unpretentious food and absolutely not to think about their storage. But this is not the case, to store the sausage - a science. Therefore I propose together to figure out all the nuances.

species diversity

The shelf life of the sausage is directly dependent on the method of its preparation and packaging.

cooking techniques, storage conditions and time - table:

Picture	grade
	cooked The process comprises the preparation of cooked sausages, oddly enough, only cooked at a temperature of 80 ° C. Manufacturers indicate on the package, how much is stored boiled sausage in the fridge - usually no more than 3 days. If a product says that it will remain fresh after a few weeks, it is probably a defective product, in which structure there are no preservatives.
	Boiled-smoked Go through 2 stages of preparation: first boiling, then a slight smoking. Therefore, the shelf life of cooked sausages, smoked process that took place for 15 days.
	smoked Process of preparation of uncooked smoked sausages includes dewatering and fermentation. Shelf life of raw sausage may be from 6 to 9 months.
	jerked These delicacies are obtained by drying, there is no heat treatment. Period suitability jerked sausage is 2 months. It is believed that the meat in this way has an exceptional taste, so its price is higher.
	Smoked. The preparation technology includes: cooking, smoking and drying. This sausage can be used for 10 days.
	Home. And purchased and cooked their own hands delicatessen stores: Boiled - 3-5 days; The frozen - up to 2 months.
	Blood. It is ready-to-eat krovyanka stored up to 5 days in the refrigerator, frozen - up to 3 months.

The methods and periods of storage

Meat products can be stored in different ways:

• Without cooling;
• In the cooling chamber;
• In freezer.

Method 1. without cooling

Due to the high content of water, some varieties do not be stored outside the refrigerator. These include:

• boiled;
• Ham;
• blood;
• Home in finished form.

Other kinds of delicacies, which passed the thermal processing can not keep in the refrigerator. For example, find out how many salami stored without refrigeration.

If such a product has been made from high-quality meat and meets the requirements of GOST, it can store up to 120 days in the outdoors.

To retain maximum freshness, sausage product must be prepared properly.

Let us find out how to keep the sausage without refrigeration. All you need to do - tightly wrapped in plastic rocking paper and put in a shady place.

The same principle can be stored and uncooked jerked delicacies, the only difference being that they are recommended to tighten with cling film.

Method 2. cooling chamber

Now consider the nuances of storage in the refrigerator:

Picture	Sorts
	cooked. The temperature is from +2 to +4 ° C, it is best to put it in a paper bag. use period - 3-5 days.
	Semi-smoked and boiled-smoked. Storing sausage can be smoked at a temperature of from 0 to +4 ° C, period - up to 10 days.
	smoked. How many stores salami in the refrigerator? At a temperature from +5 to +15 ° C up to three weeks. Another interesting way to store raw sausage in the refrigerator: the product need to hang vertically, tied to the tail of the grid. So it will be cooled uniformly.
	jerked. Rocker can be wrapped in foil or plastic wrap and keep in refrigerator at a temperature of up to +6 ° C. Taste and freshness maintained up to two months.
	Home and blood. In the finished form, these grades can lie in the refrigerating compartment to 5 days at a temperature of not more than +5 ° C. There is a rather unusual method is to store a local sausage. We need to add finished products in a clay pot and pour the melted lard, to let it cool down and send cool. So to increase the shelf life of up to 1 month

Method 3. freezer

Can I store the sausage in the freezer? Not that it is possible, sometimes it is even necessary. Freeze subject:

• home;
• smoked;
• uncooked jerked.

Varenko keep in the freezer is not necessary, after thawing it turn into mush.

To the sausage in the freezer has not deteriorated, It is necessary to prepare properly. Instructions will be:

1. Check shopping package integrityIf it is a whole - go to step 3, if not - see point 2.
2. Incase and jerked sausages smoked products in paper bags or foil, home - place in airtight containers.

Suitable containers and shop, as long as the packaging has been tight.

1. Place the containers on the bottom shelf of the freezer, Use as needed.

periods of storage in the freezer up: Home - up to 2 months for jerked and smoked sausages - up to 1 year.

Is it possible to freeze the cooked sausage? Highly do not recommend it. This variety contains a lot of water, so becomes a mess when frozen-thawed.

Extend the shelf life of sausages can be, if you observe a constant temperature mode

Total

Many sausages can be placed not only in the refrigeration, but also in the freezer - this their taste and freshness will not change. But when you purchase it is important to pay attention to the quality of the product and its shelf life.

The video in this article - additional recommendations for the storage of sausages. If you have secrets in store, how to maintain the fresh sausage for a long time - write in the comments, I will be grateful!