Cilantro for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to prepare fresh cilantro for the winter? This simple recipe will show you how to do it quickly and quite simply. After all, there are only two or, if desired, three ingredients in it. The main thing is that the greens are fresh and young, then the preparation will turn out to be the most fragrant and bright.

2. Step 2:

   

   Carefully sort the cilantro by removing wilted, yellow or spoiled leaves, cut off the roots. Check them especially carefully for insects and dirt. We do not need the first ones at all in food, and contamination can spoil the workpiece. In addition, there may be a botulism pathogen in the ground, which can lead to sad consequences. Wash the greens thoroughly and dry them on a paper towel, it should be completely dry.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the glass jars thoroughly in hot water with baking soda and rinse. Then sterilize the jars in any way convenient for you. I like, if the jars are small, sterilize in a microwave oven. In clean jars, pour a little water and warm up at full power for 5 minutes, drain and dry. This can be done in the oven or over steam. Boil the iron lids, after boiling, for 10 minutes, then dry them.

5. Step 4:

   

   Cut the dried coriander greens as usual into a salad and very tightly tamp them into jars up to the shoulders. After that, pour the greens with vegetable oil. There should be no air left in the jar, otherwise the workpiece will deteriorate very quickly. If desired, you can mix vegetable oil with coarse, non-iodized salt and pour it over the jars. Vegetable oil can be taken absolutely any deodorized, unpeeled will interrupt the aroma of cilantro.

6. Step 5:

   

   It is best to store such a cilantro billet in the refrigerator on the bottom shelf. After the bank is opened, you need to use it in the coming days. Enjoy your meal.