Fresh dill is often added to salads, soups, main courses - it gives a special freshness to any dish. In winter, you can buy dill at the store, but it is better to prepare in advance for the cold season by preparing the dill yourself. You can save dill for the winter in different ways.
For storage, it is best to use young dill with small stalks. Greens must be rinsed under running water, removed roots and excess blades of grass, dried on a towel.
Prepared dill can be dried. To do this, you need to cut it, put it on a baking sheet, put it in the oven for 20 minutes. The oven door must be open.
Dill can be dried in bunches. To do this, the greens are tied in small bunches and hung in a dark place. The dill must be constantly ventilated.
You can also dry it in the refrigerator. For this, chopped greens, placed on a tray, are placed on the lower shelf of the refrigerator. After 2-3 days, the dill is collected in bags and stored in a cool dark place.
Freezing is a good way to preserve the dill. The clean twigs are laid out on a flat surface and placed in the freezer. For this method, you can use chopped dill, or you can freeze it with whole branches. Frozen twigs become very fragile and easy to knead - you get small frozen dill.
Another way to store dill for the winter is salting. Chopped dill must be put in a glass jar, covered with coarse salt. The greens are tamped tightly and covered with a lid. This product is kept in the refrigerator. When adding such greens to food, you need to remember that they are very salty.
Another way to freeze is to make ice cubes with herbs. For this, an ice mold is filled with chopped herbs, filled with water and frozen.
