Ingredients
For the Garlic Oil
- 500ml good quality olive oil
- 2 heads of garlic, cut in half horizontally
- large sprig of thyme
For the Cracked Black Pepper
- 500ml good quality olive oil
- 1/2 pack or jar of black peppercorns
Method
Roasted Garlic Oil
- Pre heat oven to 140 degree’s (fan).
- Cut the whole garlic heads in half, horizontally across the middle.
- Place the cut heads in a baking tray with the cut side facing down, add the thyme sprigs and pour over the olive oil.
- Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour.
- Once cooked remove the garlic heads with tongs and any stray cloves, strain the oil through a sieve over a jug and pour into a sterilised bottle can use immediately.
- For the caramelised cloves. Squeeze the cloves from skin pop into a sterilised jar and top with olive oil.
Cracked Black Pepper Oil
- Tip the black peppercorns in a pestle and mortar, roughly grind the peppercorn’s.
- Add the crushed peppercorn’s to a sterilised bottle and pour over the olive oil. Can use straight away.
That black peppercorn recipe isn’t going to work. You need heat to extract the flavour.
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Hi Jon, it worked really well for me as you grind fresh whole peppercorns so it’s very potent, I’d love to see your recipe as I’m always into trying better recipes
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I’ve made the garlic oil before too. So good! You can even use your slow cooker for this. I think I posted my recipe a while back, if you’re interested.
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Brilliant, thanks! I often check out your recipes and will definitely look for the garlic oil one
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Cool! Thanks!
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