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I tend to be a dry-herb kind of guy, but sometimes a recipe needs fresh instead. To keep from wasting any unused fresh herbs I just toss them onto my Nesco Snackmaster Pro dehydrator and let them dry for later use. I needed dill for a dish I was making (a creamy cucumber salad!), and had a few stems left. I could’ve kept the dill intact, but I opted to remove it from the stems instead. Dried Dill on the Nesco Snackmaster Pro is great either way!
At least with me, I never can use up all of the fresh herbs I buy. The recipe calls for a tablespoon. You have to buy darned near half a bushel it seems. The dehydrator is the perfect way to not toss any of the rest of the herbs or watch them go bad in the fridge. I used to grow my own, either outside in pots or inside in the window. Well, kinda the same problem there right? All that dill. Or parsley. What to do with it all? Well, dry it is the answer!
Storage
I keep the dried dill made on the Nesco Snackmaster Pro in air-tight containers. So I remember what is what, I write the contents on a small piece of blue painter’s masking tape. The tape is great for marking items, dry or in the freezer or wherever. It peels off so easily, you never have to worry about fussing with it.
I also use blue painters tape to identify my trays in the dehydrator. I write numbers on them so if I have to rotate the trays I can keep track of them. It just makes things a bit easier.
- 15.5″ DIAMETER TRAYS: This Add-A-Tray 2-pack…
- BPA FREE: Made of high-quality food grade plastic…
- Compatible with 15½” diameter trays. This Fruit…
- BPA FREE: Made of high-quality food grade plastic…
- IDEAL FOR SMALL AND STICKY FOODS: Removable mesh…
- BPA FREE: Made of high-quality food grade plastic…
You can dry any fresh herbs in the Nesco Snackmaster Pro. Like cilantro, rosemary and basil.
Dried Dill on the Nesco Snackmaster Pro
Ingredients
- 1 bunch dill fresh, rinsed, patted dry
Instructions
- Rinse the dill to remove any foreign material.
- Dry well with kitchen towels.
- Optionally: remove the dill from the stems.
- Place onto the Nesco Snackmaster Pro trays. Do not let the stems overlap.
- Dry at 95 F for 4-6 hours. Rotate the trays every hour or so.
- If drying whole stems, remove the dill from them.
- Grind if desired.
- Store in an air-tight container.
Notes
Nutrition
- Compatible with 15½” diameter trays. This Fruit…
- BPA FREE: Made of high-quality food grade plastic…