Dehydrating Sage

I have three sage plants growing in our raised bed garden. The oldest is a Purple Sage which has tiny flowers that are a light purple. Early mornings in the garden, this summer, was so relaxing, looking at individual sage leaves to hand pick. It’s easy to cut stems of herbs, to tie together and hang to dry. I do that often. To hand pick, I looked for the beautiful leaves. Most of the leaves were beautiful.

Ingredients

Sage leaves

Preparation

Rinse the leaves and blot dry with either a kitchen towel or a paper towel. Place each leaf, spaced well apart, on the dehydrator tray. Set to the lowest temperature, which is 105 F on an Excalibur Dehydrator. Drying times will vary, depending on the thickness of the herb and how well you blotted it dry after rinsing. Expect 4 hours in the dehydrator. Allow to cool before storing.

Patricia Aqiimuk Paul, Esq. is the Food Editor for La Conner Weekly News. [email protected]