Brazil Nut Free Garlic Mint Herb Oil
This fragrant finishing oil is the kind of thing that makes everything it touches taste more alive — drizzled over grilled vegetables, spooned onto crusty bread, or pooled beneath a piece of seared fish. Gently warming garlic in olive oil coaxes out its sweetness without any sharpness, and then a generous handful of fresh mint, parsley, and thyme steeps right in the residual heat, turning the oil a gorgeous pale green. The technique is low-fuss but the result feels genuinely chef-level. Because it's built entirely from whole, recognizable ingredients — herbs, garlic, good olive oil, and a pinch of sea salt — there's no label-reading required and no concern about hidden additives or shared processing facilities. Store-bought flavored oils can be a real gamble, so making your own in under 30 minutes is both smarter and more delicious. Keep a jar in the fridge and you'll find yourself reaching for it all week long.
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8 servings
- ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, lightly smashed and peeled
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- ¼ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves and tender stems, loosely packed
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the olive oil and smashed garlic cloves in a small saucepan over low heat. Warm gently until the garlic is fragrant and just beginning to turn pale gold at the edges, about 6–8 minutes — watch closely, as garlic can brown quickly and turn bitter.
- 2
Remove the pan from the heat and add the mint leaves, parsley, and thyme sprigs. Let the herbs steep in the warm oil, off the heat, for 15–20 minutes, until the oil is deeply fragrant and has taken on a light green tint.
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