The basil in my garden is growing like a weed and it's time to start harvesting it to use this autumn and winter. I posted earlier this week about simply stringing it up in bunches and hanging in an out of the way place to air dry. The second way I kept some of it was to dry it in the microwave. Now, this is not actually something I've done before as I assumed it would burn parts of it and not actually dry it. I was wrong! It worked perfectly.
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| Rinsed, fresh picked basil from the garden. Placed on a layer of paper towel. |
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| I laid another paper towel on top and microwaved for 1 minute. Checked, added another 30 seconds. Then they were dry! |
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| Depending on your microwave it may take more or less time but they were completely dried in 90 seconds. |
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| I opted to chop this batch and put them into my Basil spice container. Fresh and homegrown! |
