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Ingredients

  • 3 whole Bulbs Of Garlic
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 4 cups Olive Oil (estimate)
  • 3 sprigs Rosemary Or Thyme (optional)
  • 4 whole Sterilized Jars

Method

  • 1.
  • Slice off the top of the unpeeled garlic head, exposing a bit of the cloves and place them on some tinfoil.
  • 2.
  • Add a pinch of salt to the bulbs and lay a sprig of thyme or rosemary on each of them.
  • Drizzle with some olive oil and pack them in the tinfoil.
  • Then bake the garlic in the oven for 2 hours at 120 degrees C. It will be clean of any harmful bacteria because at this temperature, it is sterilised.
  • Bake until garlic is all soft and sweet.
  • 3.
  • The garlic can then be squeezed out of the skins and added to the sterilized jars you have waiting.
  • 4.
  • Top the garlic with olive oil, making sure all the cloves are covered.
  • Store the confit in a sterilised, airtight jar and it will keep for 3 months in the fridge quite safely.
  • Makes a great gift as well.