Let’s see how you can preserve fresh sorrel leaves with salt for winter. Salt preserving is the easiest way to store herbs and green leaves in the fridge for a long time. It is a perfect way to keep your sorrel fresh and ready to be used in further cooking processes.
The best thing we can do for our body and soul in the cold winter season is to comfort it with a bowl of hot soup. Sorrel soup is a perfect option for this purpose. However, like with any soup that has green leaves among the ingredients, how will you get them in the winter? And the best answer is to preserve sorrel leaves in the summer when they are fresh, young, and straight from the garden. I will share with you the easiest way to store fresh sorrel leaves in the fridge for up to 6 months.
Sorrel is one of those plants that grow in one place in the garden without any problems for 5 to 6 years. Moreover, during the season, you have a chance to harvest fresh sorrel leaves up to six times, as the leaves grow back in 2-3 weeks. So, you have an almost endless number of times to make salted sorrel leaves.
Salt Preserved Sorrel Leaves Recipe
Ingredients
- fresh sorrel leaves
- salt
Instructions
- Sort out fresh sorrel leaves that you have. Make sure they are all intact and without any visible marks and insect bites. Rinse sorrel thoroughly under running water. Or you can soak leaves in a deep bowl with col salted water if you think that there can be any insects still left in the leaves. Keep them for no more than 30 minutes in the bowl.
- Regardless of which method you choose, you should give the leaves some time to dry out. Or use kitchen towels or paper towels to get them dry.
- Cut sorrel leaves into strips. The thinner you make the strips, the more juices will come out of the leaves. I always try to choose something in the middle.
- Now take a clean bowl and add the layer of sorrel leaves. Then sprinkle salt over it. Keep repeating the layers until you are left with no sorrel.
- Leave salted sorrel for 30 to 45 minutes for the salt to draw moisture out of the leaves.
- Transfer leaves to a clean jar, cover it with a lid. Keep salt-preserved sorrel leaves in the fridge for up to 6 months.
Notes
As for the amount of salt and sorrel leaves, I usually use one full tablespoon of salt for about 300-400 g of fresh leaves. And I also highly advise you to store sorrel in small jars. So that when you open one jar, you use it whole for the dish.
I hope that the article was helpful and you learned the new more efficient way to store sorrel leaves for the winter. As always, all the questions and suggestions leave in the comments section below.
Julia Miller is the founder of FreeFoodTips. Julia loves to travel and test new recipes. Here you will find recipes that are simple, delicious and perfect for everyday meals. FreeFoodTips is also packed with cooking tips and tricks.
