Sunday, July 12, 2009

DRYING GENOVESE BASIL




I started to dry Summer Savory the other day using an upside down methed. I'm impatient and got mad because the leaves weren't crispy, like the Bay Leaves, but limp and gross. So, I decided to start drying the Genovese Basil leaves today along with the Summer Savory in the oven.
I have about 20 Basil plants (Genovese Basil and Sweet Basil) because I have a problem with thinning/killing perfectly good plants. Also, I will be putting a Genovese Basil and a Sweet Basil plant in the greenhouse during the winter. The dried Basil leaves will be used more as a back up in case the greenhouse plant dies or doesn't produce fast enough.
GENOVESE BASIL IN HERB GARDEN


BASIL LEAVES WASHED AND READY FOR DRYING


GENOVESE BASIL LEAVES READY FOR STORING

I dried the Genovese Basil leaves whole because I have a ton of store bought Crushed Mediterranean Basil Leaves. I'll keep harvesting and drying the Basil leaves until I fill the bottle up.

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Hello and welcome to my world. My name is Josephine. I am 26 years old with 2 kidlets named Josceline (4 years old) and Lindsay (18 months old). I am a US Army veteran, a SAHM, and a military wife. As previously stated, I LOVE to cook anything and everything. I love to cook fruits and veggies that come straight of my garden. I have a small garden in my yard but it is packed with almost anything you could think of. I also have a greenhouse to garden in during the cold winter months. I started to blog on Blogger so my Allrecipes blogs would look better. I wanted my AR (Allrecipes) pictures to stand out so this is why I'm here.