Preparing Thyme for Cajun Ratatouille

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is David for Expert Village and today we are making Cajun ratatouille. Next up is preparing our herbs here is we have thyme and I would show you how to prepare that. So you see the leaves come on these long stems like that. So what you want to do is see they are in a grain. You see how the leaves go up in this one direction. What you want to do is hold on to the top of that stem and just pull it in the opposite direction. Sometimes you would go ahead and get a little bit of the stem in there. They are pretty woody but still if it is a small amount like this, like these really thread thin ones it would not hurt a thing. So just go ahead and pull some leaves off. Now if you are using dry thyme which I would recommend for this recipe you would use much less than what we are using here. But just go ahead and pull that right off. Against the grain. "