Soups and stews get their hearty taste from various herbs. This also includes the celery, on the one hand the fresh tuber and on the other hand the leaves, which you can easily dry yourself.
Dried celery greens can be used as a spice when chopped up
Dry celery leaves yourself
The fresh leaves of celery can be dried without much effort. You can choose from three different ones
Choose options:
- Air dry celery
- Dry celery in the oven
- Dry the celery in the dehydrator
The dried celery keeps for about a year in screw-top jars, after which it slowly loses its aroma.
Air dry celery stalk
To do this, you need the leaves of one or two celery bulbs. If there is enough space, it can of course be more.
- Cut the stalks from the bulb and wash the stalks and leaves.
- Always tie two or three stems together into a bouquet.
- Hang the bundles in a dry and warm place and let them dry for at least three days. During this time, the leaves dry so far that you can continue processing.
- Remove the bouquet garni.
- Strip and chop the leaves to the desired size.
- Place the chopped cabbage loosely on a sufficiently large tray or baking sheet and let the celery dry. He should again be in a dry and warm place. After about ten days, the leaves are completely dry.
- Now fill the dried herb in well-sealable jars and keep them in a dark place.
Dry the celery cabbage in the oven or in the dehydrator
- Wash the celery stalks and pluck the leaves from the stalks.
- Lay the leaves loosely on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Dry the herbs in the oven or in a dehydrator at around 50 degrees for several hours.
The celery is dry when you can crumble it between your fingers.
tips
If you like, you can finely crumble the dry herb and mix it with salt to make your own seasoning salt.
The garden journal freshness ABC
How can fruit and vegetables be stored correctly so that they stay fresh for as long as possible?
The garden journal freshness ABC as a poster:
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