Posted: 7/20/2017 2:38:15 PM EDT
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Hi All,
I have an abundance of basil growing in the garden. I am also sick of tomato mozzarella salad... LOL. Should I Freeze it? Thanks |
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Fresh garlic is always worth it, unless you're putting it in the bag before a sous vide cook.
If you have way too much, dry them yourself. Kenji at SeriousEats recommends using your microwave. Most of my good food-related ideas over the last few years have come from him. |
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Or chop with olive oil and freeze in "ice" cubes. |
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It doesn't freeze and then thaw looking fresh, but it does freeze and then thaw tasting fresh. I wash the leaves, lay them out on towels in a single layer for a few hours to dry off most of the surface water, and then freeze the leaves in bags. Toss handfuls into marinara sauce, make pesto with it, put it on pizza ... yum! It just doesn't make salads or sandwiches at all. I don't do the blending with olive oil and freezing into cubes, because some of the things I do with basil don't go well with that much oil.
I currently have 3 gallon bags of basil in the freezer, from this season. Unfortunately something happened to my watering setup and my plants have mostly died. I'll be planting more once the temperature in north Texas stops being 100*. |