Herb olive oil


Herb olive oil
This flavoured olive oil, easy to prepare, goes very well with Mediterranean cuisine: pizzas, pastas, pan bagnat, etc...
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
For 500 ml, you will need:

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 1 min.
All in all: 25 min.
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Stage 1 - 10 min.
Herb olive oil
Boil some water and prepare a bowl full of very cold water (even add some ice cubes if possible so that water is really ice-cold).

Stage 2 - 1 min.
Herb olive oil
Find a glass bottle the capacity of your choice.

When water boils, sterilise the bottle by half-filling it with boiling water, seal and shake well, then empty. Put in 5 peppercorns and 5 corianders seeds.

Plunge herbs into boiling water for 10 seconds .

Stage 3 - 1 min.
Herb olive oil
Remove herbs from water with a fork and put into the cold water. You have blanched them.

Stage 4 - 1 min.
Herb olive oil
Remove herbs from cold water with a fork and put them on absorbing paper or a tea-towel to dry.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Herb olive oil
Make a small bunch with all the herbs, tying them up with string. Remember to tie the herb stalks as close as possible to the start of the leaves, then trim off stalks just below the string. This is so that the herbs will go well down in the bottle and not emerge after you have used a little.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Herb olive oil
Gently insert the bunch into the bottle.

Stage 7
Herb olive oil
If you do it properly, the bunch should open itself out a little inside the bottle.

Stage 8 - 3 min.
Herb olive oil
Pour 500 ml olive oil into the bottle to completly cover the herbs.

Stage 9
Herb olive oil
Cork and leave the flavours and aromas to infuse slowly for at least 2 weeks. Then use it as you wish.
Remarks
You can of course vary the herbs, add or remove whatever you like. You can also, for a more bit more "bite", add a small chilli and/or a clove of garlic (without the shoot) cut in four.

Another idea is olive oil with a single herb, chives. It's simpler: chop a good bunch of chives very finely, put in a bottle and cover with olive oil. Seal and leave to stand for about 2 weeks, until the flavour of the chives mingles with the oil. After this time, filter oil and discard chives. On a salad it's a pure delight.
Keeping: Several months in the jar.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe00500 RDI=80 %4,480 RDI=220 %18,750 RDI: 220 %
Per 100 g00100 RDI=20 %910 RDI=50 %3,820 RDI: 50 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
How much will it cost?
  • For 500 ml : 2.05 €

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