How Do You Make Infused Olive Oil?
If you’re having guests over for supper, add a special touch by serving infused olive oil. Delicate, fruity olive oil with just a hint of rosemary tastes great on crisply toasted bread. Garlic infused oil is a good choice for dipping pizza crusts. Once you know how to infuse the oil, experiment with different flavoring ingredients to top salads, vegetables, fruit and even popcorn. Pour one cup of olive oil into a small saucepan. You can use extra virgin olive oil, but What’s Cooking America recommends saving the more expensive extra virgin variety for recipes where the olive oil will not be cooked, as in salad dressings. Add the flavoring ingredient to the oil. For example four to five sprigs of rosemary, thyme or other herbs; two cloves of garlic; two vanilla beans; a piece of fresh ginger; lemon or orange peel. Heat the olive oil and flavoring ingredient over low to medium-low heat for three to five minutes. Chef Emeril Lagasse, on the Food Network, explains that the result should be
