Author: Dean Rouseberg
Time for reading: ~3
minutes
Last Updated:
August 08, 2022
Parsley is one of the most popular spices among housewives. It is added to both the first and second courses. We are all very accustomed to its taste and do not even imagine that we would stop using it for any reason.
Parsley is one of the most popular spices among housewives. It is added to both the first and second courses. We are all very accustomed to its taste and do not even imagine that we would stop using it for any reason.
Even in winter, housewives manage to grow fresh parsley on the windowsill. In the summer, parsley gives a very rich crop of greenery. It can be both grown on your own plot and purchased on the market at a very affordable price. If parsley is properly dried, it will not lose its taste and aroma and can be stored for quite a long time and used in the preparation of various aromatic dishes.
Parsley is also used to improve digestion, with diseases of the liver and intestines, with renal and cardiac edema. Parsley juice has antipyretic properties, reduces swelling from insect bites. Parsley infusion will cleanse the skin well. So dried parsley can be used not only in cooking, but also for healing your entire body.
Recipes with fresh parsley
Step 1
To dry parsley, you will need a vegetable dryer, fresh parsley, and a kitchen towel.
Step 2
It is better to collect parsley in the early morning, when the dew has already disappeared. Parsley should not be washed before drying. If you see that this is necessary, rinse the parsley under running water, shake off the moisture and lay it out to dry on a kitchen towel.
Step 3
Spread the prepared parsley on the grates of the electric dryer. Turn on the dryer.
Step 4
It will take you about 2 hours to dry the parsley.
Step 5
Dried parsley is ready. Arrange dry parsley in a dry, tightly closed dish.
Step 1
For drying, we need fresh parsley, a plate, paper napkins, a knife, a kitchen board, a kitchen towel, a microwave.
Step 2
If necessary, pre-rinse the parsley, shake off the moisture and spread it on a kitchen towel to dry.
Step 3
Remove stems from parsley, leaving only leaves.
Step 4
Place a paper towel on a plate. Sprinkle desired amount of parsley on top.
Step 5
Cover the parsley with a second paper towel. Send to the microwave at 450 W for 3 minutes.
Step 6
Parsley is ready.
Step 7
Store parsley in a dry, tightly sealed container.
Step 1
For work, we need fresh parsley, twine, a kitchen towel.
Step 2
Before drying, parsley is best harvested in the morning, when the dew has already dried. But if there is such a need and you are not sure about the purity of the greens, rinse it under running water, shake off the moisture and dry it on a kitchen towel.
Step 3
Tie the parsley into small, loose bunches. Air should pass well between the parsley stalks.
Step 4
Hang the parsley in a well-ventilated area under cover, out of direct sunlight. Ventilated attics are ideal for this.
Step 5
The parsley has dried up. This will take you 2 to 4 days if the weather is dry.
Step 6
Store dried parsley in dry, tightly sealed jars.