Preserve rosemary and other herbs with this no-cost trick for having them all winter

How to have aromatic herbs available all year round to flavor our dishes, thanks to freezing

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The effective (and very simple) trick to have basil, rosemary and mint available all year round

Dry the herbs it is a valid and simple way to have them available all year round. But there is another excellent alternative that also allows you to keep its qualities intact: it is the freezing.

The easiest way to do this is to remove the leaves from the stem, rinse and dry them. At this point, just place them on a tray in the freezer and, once frozen, gently collect them in a freezer container on which it is also useful to affix the packaging date. We suggest using a container for two reasons: the first is that we would avoid using disposable plastic bags, the second is that the leaves are less damaged.

Another alternative is to put the herbs, from basil to rosemary, in ice containers together with extra virgin olive oil to have tasty cubes available to use when needed.

Preserve rosemary and other herbs with this no-cost trick for having them all winter

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Finally, once frozen, the cubes can be placed in a space-saving container. Finally, we can take advantage of an additional system that uses a great international chef, Jacques Pepin who prefers not to freeze the finished pesto but to opt for the freezing of a basil puree to be transformed into pesto after defrosting.

Here is the procedure: