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Garlic Confit
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Garlic Confit

Peeled garlic cloves, fully covered in olive oil and cooked very slowly, over the lowest flame or in a low oven, without boiling, until soft and melting. Kept in the fridge in the oil, which is garlic-flavored too.

⏱ 56 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Arrange the garlic cloves in a small pot.
    Small saucepan
  2. 2
    Pour in the olive oil until it covers the garlic completely.
  3. 3
    Add the salt and black pepper.
  4. 4
    Heat over the lowest flame and cook 45–60 minutes, until the garlic is completely soft and tender. 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
533calories
2 gprotein
12 gcarbs
54 gfat
● protein 2%● carbs 9%● fat 90%

Per serving (92 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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⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Rosemary · Thyme · Herbs · Bay leaves
  • Oven temperature (°C): 100
  • The container: in a small pot
  • The heat: over the lowest flame
  • Cooking time (minutes): 45–60
  • Doneness cue: the garlic is completely soft and tender
  • How long it keeps in the fridge: up to two weeks

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