Flavored vegetable oils perfectly complement the flavor of a variety of dishes. Of course, you can buy such oil in the store, but it is much more pleasant to prepare it yourself, at home. It is very simple to aromatize vegetable oils, the main thing to remember is that dry herbs and spices are added and insisted in cold oils, but to obtain and preserve aromas from fresh ingredients, the oil will have to be boiled.
It is necessary
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- Dishes for a water bath
- Vegetable oil
- Fresh herbs and spices
Instructions
Step 1
Vegetable oils are boiled in a water bath. To do this, take two containers - one larger, the other smaller. A smaller container should be placed in a larger one so that the water poured into the first reaches the edges of the second no more than?. If you are preparing a small amount of oil, calculated somewhere in a 200 gram bottle, then an ordinary glass bowl and a frying pan with high sides are well suited.
Step 2
Place a bowl in a skillet of water and pour oil into it. Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat slightly and wait for the oil to "bubble". Make sure there is enough water. Keep a container of hot water ready to add to the water bath in case the water evaporates before the oil boils.
Step 3
Add herbs or spices to the boiling oil and heat it for another 5-10 minutes.
Step 4
Wait for the oil to cool, strain it through cheesecloth and taste. If the aroma and taste are too strong, you can dilute the aroma oil by pouring in a little of the vegetable oil of the same name and stirring thoroughly. If the aroma and taste seems too weak to you, you can repeat the process of heating the oil and add more seasoning.
Step 5
Oil flavored in this way should be stored in bottles with a tightly lapped lid, no more than two months.
