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Prep
10 minutes
Cook
30 minutes
Yield
1 Large Jar - as many as 40 servings
This delicious garlic confit recipe is versatile, and easy-to-make, plus you can eat it on just about anything.
This garlic confit recipe is so garlicky and delicious. It’s also so incredibly versatile because you can use it on ANYTHING!!! Seriously though, throw this garlic confit into wraps, sandwiches, pasta, salads, on toast, you name it, it’s delicious. I eat this stuff like butter and it’s so sweet and delicious.
❤️ Why You’ll Love Garlic Confit
- Versatile: It’s so versatile, that you can eat it on everything. It’s perfect for the garlic lovers in your house
- Healthy: Garlic is loaded with health benefits and can boost your immunity
- Flavor:Obviously garlic is super flavorful and this just takes it to the next level
🍲 Ingredients
Garlic: Garlic has so many proven health benefits. Yeah, it may give you stinky breath, but it’s so delicious and good for you. Here are just some of the benefits it offers:
- High in nutrition, but low in calories
- Can combat sickness, including the common cold
- The compounds in garlic can help reduce blood pressure
- Can help lower cholesterol levels
- Loaded with antioxidants
- Can help detoxify heavy metals from your body
- Can improve bone health
The best part? Garlic is so easy to incorporate into your diet. Throw it in just about any savory dish you are cooking up, add it to salad dressings or dips, the list goes on, and on. What’s your favorite way to eat it?
Spices & Herbs: Get creative with the spices and herbs to try and get some different flavors. It’s hard to mess this garlic confit up. It’s delicious and totally versatile.
👩🍳 How to Make Garlic Confit
This garlic confit recipe is so simple to make but is jampacked with flavor. God, I love garlic. Here’s how you make it:
- To a medium-large sized saucepan/pot addall the ingredients and over on low (do not boil) for around 30 minutes or until garlic is perfectly buttery and creamy.
- Use a slotted spoon to transfer the garlic to a large jar and store for up to 3 weeks in the fridge.
🪄 Tips and Tricks
- Always store garlic confit in the fridge
- The olive oil may solidify in the fridge, but you can see scoop out the garlic to use it and as it comes to room temperature, it’ll quickly “melt” to be the perfect consistency again
🗒 What is Garlic Confit?
Confit is a type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period of time as a method of preservation. This garlic confit utilizes oil, however, confits can be made with grease, or sugar water as well at a low temperature. The cooking method originated in French cuisine and can range from fruit confited into a sugar syrup or meat cured in salt before being cooked in fat.
Historically, this process came before refrigerators. We needed a way to preserve food so it didn’t rot so hunters and cooks dating way back were using this method to preserve meats. What started as food security turned into a culinary technique that has been perfected by chefs and cooks around the world.
🗒 Other Garlic Recipes You’ll Love
- White Wine Spaghetti Sauce
- Feta Dip
- Burrata Cheese with Hot Lemon + Garlic Oil
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Garlic confit will last up to 2 weeks in the fridge, and up to 3 months in the freezer. Refrigerate the garlic confit immediately after cooled. Freeze it with the oil or puree it and freeze it separately for up to 2 months. You can even freeze it into covered ice-cube trays for easy removal when you want some.
🤔 Common Questions
What does garlic confit taste like?
It’s so good! It tastes like warm butter with a deep and funky sweetness.
What is garlic confit used for?
Use this in things like butter, spread, dips, and sauces. Eat with salads, sandwiches, wraps, pasta… honestly, the possibilities are limitless.
Can I get botulism from garlic confit?
As long as you store your confit correctly, it’s like any other food product and you can avoid any bacteria growth. Make sure you follow the instructions for storage and shelf-life to avoid any issues with the safety of consuming this.
Delicious, Buttery Garlic Confit
4.76 from 247 votes
This delicious garlic confit recipe is versatile, and easy-to-make, plus you can eat it on just about anything.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
Course Vegan Appetizers, Vegan Comfort Food
Cuisine Mediterranean-Inspired
Servings 1 Large Jar – as many as 40 servings
Calories 51 kcal
Ingredients
- 10 heads of garlic cloves peeled, around 2 3/4 cups (I highly suggest buying pre-peeled garlic)
- 8-10 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 tbsp. black peppercorns
- 1 tsp red chili flakes – optional
- 2 small bay leaves
- 2 1/2 cups pure olive oil
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Instructions
To a medium-large sized saucepan/pot add all the ingredients and over on low (do not boil) for around 30 minutes or until garlic is perfectly buttery and creamy.
Use a slotted spoon to transfer
the garlic to a large jar and store for up to 3 weeks in the fridge.
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Notes
Refrigerate garlic confit immediately once cooled. It will last up to 2-3 weeks. But honestly, you will eat it before week 1!
Use in things like butter, spread, dips, and sauces.
Eat with salads, sandwiches, wraps, pasta… honestly, the possibilities are limitless.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Large Jar – up to 40 servings, depending on consumption | Calories: 51kcal | Carbohydrates: 11.4g | Protein: 2.2g | Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 5.8mg | Fiber: 0.8g | Sugar: 0.3g
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Bobby DiMarco
Posted at 12:09 am, February 26, 2024
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Does the recipe mean to say cover not over?
Joanna Murfin
Posted at 9:22 am, January 25, 2024
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Amazing!
Maria Koutsogiannis
Posted at 4:02 pm, January 25, 2024
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Thank you so much, Joanna!
Karen Peppeard
Posted at 2:31 pm, May 11, 2024
Can you freeze the garlic confit in small quantities?
Maria Koutsogiannis
Posted at 6:40 pm, May 11, 2024
I haven’t but I believe you can! You have to make sure to remove all air to prevent from oxidization!
Lene Olshove
Posted at 2:19 pm, December 17, 2023
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Can you freeze the garlic confit, I freeze my roasted garlic I can’t see why not
Maria Koutsogiannis
Posted at 7:29 am, December 19, 2023
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Hey! I never have so I am not sure but I agree with you, I don’t see why not! Just make sure you do your due diligence before.
Dawn P
Posted at 12:30 am, January 17, 2024
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Did you save the olive oil??
Maria Koutsogiannis
Posted at 6:51 am, January 17, 2024
always!
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