Showcasing Basil (Sweet)

This herb is one of the all around greatest herbs, its distinctive flavor compliments so many things, when using it fresh it adds a power punch to soups, salads and sauces, including pesto sauce, but it does so much more, it is delicious sprinkled on fresh strawberries, watermelon and other fruit, you can also use it to make basil lemonade, and signature cocktails, it can be mixed into bread dough and compound butters, some people use it in homemade soaps, balms and medicinal tinctures, but the use I am going to share with you is making basil salt, something that is really simple and delicious.

Things you will need

Blender 

Dehydrator or Air Fryer that dehydrates

1/2 cup of a good quality of salt

A bunch of fresh basil

An airtight container

Since it is salt, It really does go a long ways, so you don’t need to make a whole lot. Use clean dry fresh basil  and a good quality salt, I like to use the one above, it has all of the health benefits in it. Put 1/2 cup of salt into a blender, then start adding the basil a little at at time until you can't add any more  you want to pack as much flavor into the salt as possible.  After done blending, I dehydrate it to remove the moisture from the basil, I usually do this for 3 hours on 105 degrees. When it comes out of the dehydrator, it will be chunky, like in the picture out of the jar, you can break it up with your hands or put in back into the blender for a few seconds. Don’t let it sit out very long because it will naturally start to collect moisture from the air, store it in a cute little airtight jar with a desiccant pack. Serve it on sliced tomatoes, egg salad, or on anything that you would put basil on except for already salty things.