Basil oil2
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Tightly packed fresh basil leaves |
| 1 | cup | Olive or vegetable oil |
Directions
In a large sauce pan, blanch basil leaves for 5 seconds. Refresh in an ice bath and squeeze out any excess liquid. Place leaves and oil in a blender and puree.
First, strain the puree through a fine mesh sieve. Then line a small strainer with several layers of cheesecloth and strain oil into a glass jar. Flavored oil keeps, covered loosely and refrigerated at all times, 1 month.
Yield: 1 cup
Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8954 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #790 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Sep 19, 1997