How to Make Homemade Garlic Infused Olive Oil
Infused olive oil is a great way to add garlic flavor to your salad dressings and more. Learn how to make homemade garlic-infused olive oil.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Olive Oil
- 1 - 2 ounces Fresh Garlic
- 1 Air tight glass jar
Instructions
- Start with high-quality olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil will have the best flavor, but any good quality olive oil such as Canola oil from the grocery store will work.
- Next, choose fresh herbs. Try different herbs for a variety of flavors Fresh is best but dried herbs may be used.
- To release the flavor used smashed garlic cloves. or bruising herbs with a rolling pin is a great option.
- A garlic press is the perfect way to crush this amount of garlic.
- In a small saucepan, warm the oil on medium low heat, never boiling
- Then, add the herbs to a clean glass jar and pour in the olive oil, making sure to completely cover the herbs.
- Seal the sterilized jar tightly and allow the flavored oils to infuse