Preserve Wild Garlic: 3 Great Tips

If you want to preserve wild garlic, you have several options. We present three simple ways of extending the shelf life of delicious wild garlic.

Preserve wild garlic by drying

You can keep wild garlic in the fridge for a maximum of two days. But there are simple ways to extend the shelf life of wild garlic. Regardless of which method you choose: Make sure that it really is wild garlic. Do not confuse wild garlic with its poisonous doubles, such as lily of the valley or autumn crocus.

• Wild garlic will keep much longer if you dry it.
• To do this, tie small bouquets of the herbs and hang them upside down in a dry place.
• If you chop the dried wild garlic and keep it dry in a well-sealed container, it will keep indefinitely.
• However, wild garlic loses a lot of its aroma when dried.

Preserve wild garlic by freezing

You can extend the shelf life of wild garlic by up to a year if you freeze it.

• To do this, the herbs are first washed thoroughly and dabbed with kitchen paper.
• Remove the stems and finely chop the wild garlic before freezing it in portions.
• Tip: Spread the chopped wild garlic over the compartments of an ice cube mold and fill it up with water.
• Then you always have a handy portion at hand.

Put wild garlic in and make it last longer

Wild garlic can be pickled like vegetables.

• Oil preserves – that’s why it’s worth picking wild garlic in oil. Here, too, the wild garlic is first washed, dabbed dry, and finely chopped.
• Put the wild garlic prepared in this way in a sealable jar and add enough oil to completely cover the leaves.
• The wild garlic can be stored for several months.