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Garlic Confit in Olive Oil
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Garlic Confit in Olive Oil

Garlic cloves slow-cooked in olive oil until completely soft – sweetish, delicate and fragrant. Perfect as a spread on bread

⏱ 1 hr 10 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Gently separate the garlic into cloves and peel them, without cutting.
  2. 2
    Arrange the garlic cloves with the rosemary and thyme in a small, deep pot.
    Small saucepan
  3. 3
    Pour in the olive oil until it covers the garlic completely.
  4. 4
    Heat over very low heat, so the oil reaches about 85°C (185°F), and cook 45–60 minutes, until the garlic is very soft and creamy golden. Don't let it boil.
    Stove
    💡Below 100°C (210°F) and without boiling: that way the cloves soften and stay whole.
  5. 5
    Cool completely and transfer to a jar with all the oil. Keep in the fridge up to two weeks.
    JarRefrigerator
543calories
3 gprotein
13 gcarbs
54 gfat
● protein 2%● carbs 9%● fat 89%

Per serving (100 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Jar · Also works: Storage container (None)

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