Basil Salt Recipe
This Basil Salt Recipe is a great way to preserve fresh basil. It's so easy and can be ready in about 30 minutes. Wonderful on fresh tomatoes, salads, grilled meats, cheese and more.
Servings 0.75 cup
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed fresh basil
- 1/2 cup salt (I just use table salt)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 250 degrees F.
- Wash and pat dry the fresh basil. Remove the basil leaves from the stems (you don't want to use the stems).
- Add the basil and salt to a food processor and grind until fine.
- Place a piece of parchment paper onto a baking sheet then spread the basil salt over the parchment paper in a fine, even layer.
- Bake for about 25 minutes. You only want to dry the basil salt, not cook it.
- Once the basil salt is dry, add it back to the food processor (make sure the processor is clean and dried out first). Then pulse the salt once more to break it up.
- Store in a clean spice jar. Enjoy!