Garlic-Infused Oil and Dipping Sauce

Submitted by Juenessa

"This recipe is courtesy of Emeril Lagasse. Serve this sauce with a hot, crusty loaf of Italian or French bread, sliced. It's delicious!"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1/2 cup oil

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• balsamic vinegar
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes
• 1 pinch salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• finely grated parmesan cheese or romano cheese

directions

1. To make the garlic oil, in a small saucepan, gently heat the oil over medium heat.
2. Add the garlic and cook until it is fragrant but not colored, 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Remove from the heat and let cool.
4. Cover and let steep for 1 hour.
5. Strain into a sterilized bottle or jar and discard the garlic.
6. Use within 24 hours. (Or store in a sterilized container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.)
7. To make the dipping sauce, place the oil at room temperature in a shallow bowl or decorative plate.
8. Swirl a drizzle of balsamic decoratively into the center.
9. Sprinkle with the pepper flakes, salt, and ground black pepper, and top with a light coating of cheese.
10. ***Cook time does not include letting the oil steep for 1 hour.

Reviews

[DDW]

I needed some garlic infused olive oil for a recipe so decided to use your method. It turned out perfect and my house smelled of garlic heaven. I promise to try the complete dipping sauce sometime soon.

 

[aaquwaa]

Soooo good. I added a handful of fresh basil. We then put the used garlic on some steaks for grilling. Wonderful. You need to use a good quality olive oil. Delicious!

 

[Marmee-of-3]

DH and i enjoyed it with some crusty french loaf. Thanks.

 

[PaulaG]

This was served with dinner today. The recipe says to discard the garlic; however, as the oil cooled the garlic became a beautiful golden brown and I thought why not. I crumbled the garlic, added the red pepper flakes and black pepper then poured on the oil and the vinegar and as I was typing realized I had left off the cheese. We didn't miss the cheese at all. I am sure to make this again very soon.

 

[Sharon123]

I made this for an afternoon snack yesterday and it was good! I enjoyed the taste of balsamic vinegar and the slight bite of the red pepper flakes. Thanks Juenessa!