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Can you freeze fresh herbs?

Can you freeze fresh herbs?

Fresh herbs left? Keep them in the freezer. These tips will keep them tasty.

Freezing fresh herbs

Many fresh herbs can simply be frozen. Keep in mind that they can sometimes lose flavor. The leaves also do not always remain beautiful after freezing. For example, basil leaves will go limp. Not pretty if you use the leaves to garnish, but they are still fine in terms of taste.

Make herbal oil or butter

You can also choose to make some of the herbs first before freezing them. For example, make herb oil or herb butter. You can easily make pesto with a surplus of basil.

Dry herbs

You can also dry fresh herbs, that way you can keep them for months. Read here how to dry your herbs.

Lavi Perchik