Peeled garlic is fully submerged in grapeseed or extra virgin olive oil in an oven safe dish that has a lid
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Garlic Confit Recipe: Preserve Garlic Ready as a Spread or for Cooking

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Garlic Confit Recipe preserves garlic cooked in oil. Ready to use to spread on bread. Use to spice and season your cooking, stir fries, sautéing, and even fondue. Roast chicken with garlic under the skin for succulent flavor or whip into mashed potatoes. Ready to use in dressings and aioli.

Garlic Confit is a pantry stable you will want to have on hand all the time. Easy to make. Even easier to use. Hardest part is peeling the garlic, but I have a great tool for that, too!

Garlic Confit Recipe: Easy, Must-Have Pantry Staple

Garlic with a garlic tool grape seed oil and a canning jar ready to cook up Garlic Confit

Garlic Confit: Preserve Garlic in Oil

Sana M. Carlton
Garlic Confit cooks garlic in oil preserving it for months. Use the garlic as an instant spread for bread. Use it to cook sauces, dips and entrees such as garlic mashed potatoes or garlic chicken. Saves garlic at its peak of freshness, flavor and nutrients. Use the delicious garlic infused oil for cooking or dressing, too.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Ingredient, Side Dish
Cuisine American, French, Italian
Servings 50
Calories 159 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 10 bulbs Garlic
  • 4 cups Oil, neutral Grape seed works well; alternatively half extra virgin olive oil and half neutral flavored oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 250 F / 120 C
    All the ingredients and tools are assembled for mise en place to make garlic confit
  • Peel garlic and place in oven safe pan or dish
    10 heads of garlic peeled
  • Submerge garlic completely in oil, place lid on pan/dish
    Peeled garlic is fully submerged in grapeseed or extra virgin olive oil in an oven safe dish that has a lid
  • Cook for 2 hours
  • Let cool to room temperature (it is ready to use immediately)
  • Transfer to air tight container to store
    Garlic confit in a canning jar ready to keep preserved garlic in the refrigerator
  • Keep in refrigerator

Video

Notes

This is a neutral flavored recipe for multi-use.  Consider also seasoning with salt, pepper, thyme, bay leaf and/or dry chiles.
Make sure to use the cloves AND the delicious infused oil.  
Can also be made on the stovetop in a covered saucepan.  Cook on low for 30 minutes to 1 hour, until garlic is very tender and golden.

Nutrition

Serving: 75servingsCalories: 159kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 1mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 1mgIron: 1mg
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What’s Next?

Add Garlic Confit to your cooking pantry. Enjoy it as a spread on toast and bread. Use garlic cloves in pasta sauces, curries, by directly adding whole, cooked cloves. Make garlic compound butter, by whipping into butter. Use garlic confit to season your pans for sautéing, stir fries, fondue, and cooking of all types. Have garlic roast chicken by spreading the garlic confit under the chicken skin before roasting. Add it directly into mashed potatoes for delicious garlic mashed potatoes any time. Remember to use the delicious garlic infused oil for dressings, on bread, and for cooking.

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