Wondering how to use stinging nettles without being stung? Today’s kitchen medicine making venture uses dried nettles – sting deactivated -infused into vinegar. The result: a vitamin and mineral packed ingredient for your herbal pantry. 🍾
Nettle Leaf (Urtica dioica)
Recipe for nettle-infused vinegar
* 1/2 cup dried nettle leaf, powdered if possible
* 1 cup apple cider vinegar or 1 cup Balsamic vinegar (organic preferred)
* 12 ounce jar with plastic lid or metal lid with double piece of wax paper
1. Powder dried nettle leaf in a spice or coffee grinder, pulse for a few seconds. (If no spice grinder is available, crumble leaves as much as you can)
2. Add nettles to a clean glass jar, pour in vinegar.
3. Secure lid and label with ingredients and dates that you made it and date it will be ready to strain.
4. Store in cool place out of direct sunlight.
5. Infuse for four weeks, shaking every few days.
6. Stain with small hand strainer lined with cheesecloth. Squeeze out as much vinegar as possible. Make a tea or compost used nettles.
Nutrient benefits of Nettle Leaf 🌿:
Calcium | Magnesium | Iron | Silicon
Potassium | Fiber | Protein
Vitamin A | Vitamin C | Vitamin K
Chlorophyl | Flavonoids | Carotenoids
Mentions:
David Hoffman – medical herbalist, author
Zack Woods Herb Farm
Organoleptic Evaluation of Herbs: How to Evaluate the Quality of Dried Herbs in 3 Simple Steps
Sources for dried nettle leaf
Rosemary’s Garden
Mountain Rose Herbs
Avena Botanicals
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