How To Dry Nettles
Author: Victoria Aly
Time for reading: ~1
minutes
Last Updated:
August 08, 2022
CHAPTERS (Table Of Contents)
Nettle is an excellent food and also helps with many diseases. It contains ascorbic acid, vitamin K, a lot of chlorophyll, carotene, B vitamins. Nettle leaves contain twice as much vitamin C as blackcurrant.
How to dry nettle leaves
Nettle is an excellent food and also helps with many diseases. It contains ascorbic acid, vitamin K, a lot of chlorophyll, carotene, B vitamins. Nettle leaves contain twice as much vitamin C as blackcurrant.
In cooking, nettle is widely used for cooking borscht, soups, side dishes, salads. It is added to fillings for pies and pies, sauces. And if in early spring everyone tries to use young fresh nettles, then at other times of the year, when nettles become old and tough, you can use nettle blanks, which are very easy to make in spring.
It is enough just to dry the nettle, and then add it as a powder to pancakes, omelettes, casseroles, cereals, first and second courses. Store dry nettles in a tightly sealed jar in a dark, cool place.
Recipes with fresh nettle ingredient
- Fresh nettle
- Kitchen towel
- Dryer for vegetables and fruits
- Metal sieve
How to dry nettle step by step instructions with photos
Step 1
For work, we need fresh nettles, a vegetable dryer, a sieve or colander, and a kitchen towel.
Step 2
Cut off the leaves of the nettle, removing the stems and roots. Attention - work only with gloves! Rinse well under running water. Shake off the water.
Step 3
Dry nettles on a kitchen towel.
Step 4
Arrange the nettles on the racks of the vegetable dryer. Dry for 2 hours until ready. Dry nettle is easily rubbed between two palms into a powder.
Step 5
The nettle is ready. Store dry nettles in a tightly closed dry jar.