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So I used to make this in small portions when I was making veg as a seasoning but I found that I made it so often that it was better to make it in bulk and then I diversified. There are a ton of uses for just garlic olive oil and the crunchy garlic goes on just about anything.
For fresh veg, just steam them in the microwave, add the garlic olive oil, crunchy garlic, a little fresh squeezed lemon and salt and better yet, zest some of that lemon as well and you have a side dish that rivals the main.
Works great with spinach, broccoli, samphire (I now see a pattern) and you can also oven roast your veg (have you tried oven roasted cabbage)?
Ingredients:
- 3 bulbs of garlic
- Salt
- 500ml (2 1/4 Cup) Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Preparation Oil:
- Mince all of the garlic
- Place all of the oil in a large pan over medium high heat
- Once oil is hot (seems glossy), add garlic to fry
- Fry the garlic, stirring constantly until the garlic starts to brown (be careful not to burn it as it makes the oil bitter and make sure it is actually browned as it turns soggy for crunchy garlic otherwise)
- Immediately remove from the stove and strain using a fine sieve into a bowl (being careful to reserve the garlic)
Preparation Crunchy Garlic:
- Place the reserved fried garlic and place in a paper towel lined baking tray to soak up the residual olive oil (this may need done a few times)
- Sprinkle with salt to taste
I have no idea how long this will keep as we go through it too fast for it to go bad but I’d guess months
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