Preparing fresh rosemary involves removing those tasty rosemary leaves from the stem. Removing the leaves will make using this amazing herb a cinch in your recipes.
How To Prepare Fresh Rosemary
To prepare fresh rosemary you will want to remove the fresh rosemary leaves from their stem. Then you can chop, dry or use the leaves in your recipes. Removing the leaves from the stem is easy. I’ll show you and tell you how.
With one hand hold your rosemary stem from the top over a bowl or cutting board. Using the other hand pinch the top of the stem and run your fingers down the stalk. The fresh rosemary leaves will pop right off. That’s it!
Your rosemary leaves are now ready to be chopped, dried, or used as you wish!
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If you are going to dry the rosemary, it may be easier to dry it on the stem and then remove the leaves. They come off really easily when dry. Just last summer a friend taught me that you can dry almost any herb simply by hanging it upside down at room temperature; it will dry especially quickly if it’s in the sun. This is so much easier for me than spreading out herbs to dry, because I have a small kitchen and always need the counters for something else!
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