Sunday, 30 November 2025

Freezing Fresh Basil

 It's a rare occasion that I can successfully actually grow any meaningful basil but I was gifted a couple of little plants early in the year and randomly popped them into a bare pot - hey presto, loads of basil. 

I really don't know what was different this year, it was a very warm summer but honestly these little plants have thrived on neglect. Next thing I knew I had loads and loads of basil to use up. I read somewhere that you could freeze it in ice cube trays so that's what I did - dead easy!


Basil freshly washed and dried a bit 

Nice quality Olive Oil



The kitchen smells amazing..... Just chop until really fine.....


Then mix with olive oil and spoon into ice cube tray .....



Pop into the freezer until completely frozen. I then put two cubes per bag back into the freezer ready to be used.