Picked fresh basil earlier in the week. Now it's getting brown. Can I still use for pesto sauce?

Picked fresh basil earlier in the week. Now it's getting brown. Can I still use for pesto sauce?

Asked by jmbr 15 months ago Similar questions: Picked fresh basil earlier week brown pesto sauce Food & Drink > Cooking.

Similar questions: Picked fresh basil earlier week brown pesto sauce.

Yes. It won't taste quite as good or be quite as lovely a color, but it's not dangerous. If you don't eat it immediately, store it in the freezer.It's already beginning to oxidize and the bruising in pesto-making will make it oxidize faster.

Cold temperatures slow oxidization.

Leaves do that. They will have lost some of their aromatic oils, but also some will have remained and be useful. You might want to supplement by adding some more, since one can never have too much basil in an Italian recipe.

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