Smash a clove or two into pasta, mashed potatoes, or a pan sauce for instant depth.

Source recipe

• Garlic Confit

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• Remember

  For food safety, keep it refrigerated and always use a clean spoon — never leave garlic-in-oil at room temperature.

• Remember

  Keeps in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, with the cloves fully submerged in oil.

• Remember

  The garlic oil is the bonus prize: use it for salad dressings, roasting vegetables, or brushing onto toast.

• Decision

  Clean jar with a tight-fitting lid

• Decision

  Small oven-safe dish or saucepan

• Discovery

  bay leaf — optional

• Discovery

  fresh thyme — optional

• Discovery

  garlic — cloves separated and peeled

• Discovery

  olive oil — enough to fully submerge the cloves