I bought a lot of parsley from the Bakewell Farmers' Market Saturday.

What I do with it is wash the bunches, cut off the base of the plants, trim the tops from the stalks, wash it, then wash/spin in the salad spinner. I then chop the parsley in the food processor, turn it out on to kitchen paper to remove moisture. I then loosely spoon the chopped parsley into plastic tubs.

It works for parsley sauce, and also for parsley sprinkles on finished dishes.

Having seen the small, very, very expensive Birds Eye packs of frozen herbs, this method has to be better.

valmarg