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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook preserved basil in olive oil using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Preserved Basil in Olive Oil:
- Take 1 Fresh Basil
- Take 1 olive oil
- Make ready 1 pink Himalayan salt
- Prepare 1 sterilised glass jar/s and lid/s
Before you plan out how to preserve basil, you will first need to harvest it. Like all herbs, the best time to harvest basil is in the morning. You just want the olive oil to be slowly infused with the goodness in the basil. The longer you keep the infused oil on the stove the stronger its flavor will be.
Steps to make Preserved Basil in Olive Oil:
- Sterilise your jar/s and lid/s by boiling them in water for 10 minutes
- Sprinkle salt into the bottom of a glass jar
- Add a layer of basil leaves
- Cover with a layer of olive oil
- Sprinkle a litlle salt, add a layer of basil, cover with olive oil and repeat this process until the jar is full, pressing leaves down and ensuring they are fully immersed in oil
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