I've never tried drying, but i have a lime basil plant that product so much basil this year. I would hate to have it go to waste. Can't wait to do this with them.
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I've never tried drying, but i have a lime basil plant that product so much basil this year. I would hate to have it go to waste. Can't wait to do this with them.
Cool, let me know how it turns out! I've been keeping a purple basil plant for 2 years and it produces enough to allow me to cook with it daily. Once every two weeks I take off some leaves and dry them. I once made the mistake of thinking the leaves were dry enough for storage but there was still a bit of moisture in them and the whole content of the jar went bad, so make sure you dry the leaves thoroughly! Best of luck!
have you tried a dehyrdator?
No I have not! When I started drying herbs from my garden I just placed them on a plate for a couple days and I just stuck to this technique. Using a dehydrator can be quite nice because you can choose (if yours allows it) optimal temperature to evaporate moisture and keep in the flavour.
Have you tried it yourself?
I will add links to this post on how to use dehydrators and what dehydrators you can use to dry your herbs. Thanks for the idea!
I don't have a dehydrator. I'm hoping for a company to send me one :)
A friend of mine told me he used some sort of Crock Pot used to warm dips, I think he said it was called the Little Dipper or something. I don't what temperature it heats up to, but that may be worth trying out too!