Flavored Oils and Vinegars for cooking
Flavored Oils and Vinegars for cooking
Flavored
oils and vinegars are easy to create and makes a great gift. A variety of
glass bottles, jar and or crouettes can be used. A small corked wine
bottle works the best for me. Make sure that you use only dried ingredients as
fresh have a tendancy to grow mold. Try some of these recipes. Make
these oils at least 4 months before christmas the oil will have had
adequate time to absorb the flavor of the herbs. If you are in a hurry,
the oil and herbs can be simmered together for approximately 20 min. over low
heat.
Cool and package. Don't forget to seal the top with a sealant wax
before sending.
Herbed Oil and Vinegars
Italian
Style
Tastes great drizzled over garlic bread!
For a gift basket, include
instant cappacino, a mini loaf of Italian Bread, a package of flavored
rotini or cracked black pepper linguini, several biscotti. To go all out,
include a bottle of Lambrusco, 2 wine glasses, 2 small decorative plates.
Around the handle, tie a string of garlic cloves.
3-4 cloves of
garlic, whole or minced
1 tsp. dried oregano, basil, thyme
20 peppercorns
(red, black, pink and green for color effect)
4 sprigs of dried curly
parsley
Olive (or your choice) Oil to fill a bottle
Cajun
Spicey
Whooo-eeeee! Excellent for making roux, sauteeing or to wake up
your salad, mix oil and vinegar. For a gift basket, include a Cajun
cookbook, french roast coffee, a package of rice, cajun spice, 1 can of
red or kidney beans.
2 tbsp. dried onion flakes
2 tbsp. green pepper
flakes
1 tbsp. crushed flake red pepper
10 white pepper corns
10 black
peppercorns
2 tbsp. dried oregano and basil
1 tsp. thyme
3-4 cloves of
garlic
1-3 dried red peppers, whole
Olive Oil (or choice) to fill a
bottle
Mexican
Excellent for cooking corn torillas.
For
gift baskets, include some torilla chips, refried beans, a can of black olives,
and
a ripe avacado (free guacamole recipe by e-mail) in a bag with a lemon.
To go all out, include a bottle of red wine, soda water, orange and apples
for Sangria.
1-2 jalepeno pepper, whole and dried
1 ancho chili
pepper, whole and dried
2 or 3 slivered sundried tomatos
10 pink
peppercorns
1 tsp. each coriander seed, comino seed (cumin), annatto
seed
3-4 cloves garlic
Olive Oil to fill
Oriental
Great for
stir fry.
For a gift basket, include 2 pairs of chop sticks, a decorative
fan, a sake decanter, Oriental cookbook or recipe on a rolled sheet of colored
paper, herbal teas, ramen noodles, chow mein noodles teriyaki and soy sauce, 2
or 3 fortune cookies. Use sesame oil and rice wine
vinegar.