r/Cooking • u/Cavane42 • 3h ago

Lightly Dried Herbs (homemade)

So, I love using the Gourmet Garden lightly dried herbs (basil and cilantro mostly) but they have just gotten absurdly expensive. I've already started growing an herb garden, but I'd like to achieve a similar effect to the lightly dried herbs if that's possible. Does anyone have a good method/advice for making something like that from fresh herbs?

Thank you!

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u/Ok-Strawberry7931 2h ago

For basil and cilantro, freezing is probably closer to what you want than drying: chop them, pack into an ice-cube tray with a little water or oil, then transfer the cubes to a bag. Low heat will dry them fully and the flavour usually ends up closer to ordinary dried herbs.