How To Make Garlic Confit

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Wondering how to make garlic confit and put it to use in your foods?

Garlic confit is a super savory, versatile and incredibly delicious condiment crafted by slow roasting garlic.

The cooking process is super simple, and you’ll be amazed at how such little effort and a handful of ingredients can go a long way in turning this rather simple dish into something so flavorful.

What I Love About this Recipe

Me and my family are obsessed with garlic, and this recipe in particular is a total hit because of how versatile it is.

This slow roasted garlic dish is supremely easy to make, and we all love spreading it on our toasted bread, sandwiches and adding it to anything and everything.

We like to make a big batch, cooked slowly and refrigerate it and store it for later. Then, all we do is get it out at room temperature and put it to use!

Ingredients For the Garlic Confit Recipe

You’ll need just 5 simple ingredients to make garlic confit.

• Garlic Bulbs: – These will be roasted in a baking dish.
• Olive Oil – This is the best cooking oil to use.
• Fresh Thyme – To add flavor and freshness to the dish.
• Salt – For extra flavor.
• Black Pepper – additional flavor to enjoy.

How to Make Garlic Confit

Ready to try out this easy recipe? Here’s the step by step process for making garlic confit the right way.

Step 1: Prep the Garlic

Preheat your oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut and remove the top third of the garlic bulbs. 

Step 2: Add Olive Oil to Garlic

Place the garlic in a loaf pan and add the olive oil to it. Make sure that you also pour enough olive oil on top of the garlic. Pour just enough so they are covered. Add the springs of thyme and spread them between the garlic.

Step 3: Bake Until Golden

Put the small baking dish in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the garlic cloves become buttery soft and golden brown. Remove from the oven and let it cool off for 20 minutes.

Step 4: Store

Squeeze out the garlic cloves out of each head and place in a bowl. Pour the olive oil over the garlic and mash.

You can store the Garlic confit for up up to 1 month in the refrigerator with the cloves peeled.

Tips & Tricks to Make Homemade Garlic Confit

While making garlic confit is super easy, having these little tips and tricks handy can really help.

• I’ve used olive oil for this recipe, but you can also use extra virgin olive oil or any other neutral vegetable oil. You can also try using avocado oil too.
• If you don’t have fresh thyme that the recipe calls for, you can also make do with dried thyme instead.
• You can also choose to experiment with other flavors by adding in other Italian herbs like rosemary, bay leaves, basil and oregano.
• If you want to bring a bit of heat to the garlic infused oil, you can also throw in some red pepper flakes.

How Do I Store Garlic Confit?

Now that we’ve tackled making garlic confit, it’s time to understand how to store it.

Storing garlic confit is super easy. All you need to do is transfer the confit to an airtight freezer safe container and refrigerate it. These are the containers I’d recommend using as they are small and allow you to get just enough garlic confit out as you need.

To keep the garlic confit safe and to prevent it from spoiling and causing any food borne illness, it is best to keep it refrigerated at all times.

You can use it right out of the refrigerator or leave it to room temperature before putting it to use.

Can I Use Pre Peeled Garlic Cloves to Make Garlic Confit?

You sure can! If you are able to get raw garlic cloves that are peeled, you can totally use them instead of using whole heads of garlic.

How to Use Garlic Confit

There are several ways to put confit garlic to use after you’ve understood how to make garlic confit the right way.

1. As a Salad Dressing – The garlic infused oil can be a wonderful base for a salad dressing. Most salad dressings use olive oil for the healthy fat, but you can totally use this oil that has all the delicious garlic flavor.
2. With Roasted Veggies – One of my favorite ways to use garlic confit is to team it up with my favorite stir fried or roasted veggies. It just adds an amazing flavor to them, and is a great way to serve veggies in my opinion.
3. As a Sandwich Spread – Believe it or not, the simple confit garlic can also be a wonderful sandwich spread or an addition to your homemade wraps. The golden brown cloves of garlic can take the flavors of even a simple sandwich to the next level.
4. As a Dip – The flavorful garlic confit and garlic oil can actually be used for dipping bread and your other favorite snacks. You can also team it up with your other favorite dips and salsas to and make a whole elaborate appetizer board for your house parties and get-togethers.

Can I Make Tomato And Garlic Confit?

Yes, you can make a garlic and tomato confit by adding chopped tomatoes to the baking dish then using a slotted spoon, scoop up the tomatoes and add to the garlic confit mixture at the end.

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