Basil Garlic Oil for Grilled Vegetables and Seafood
Recipe: #5670
June 08, 2012
"Doesn't get much easier, but this is a fantastic way to serve your grilled vegetables. Just add to a food processor - and 2 minutes later, you have a delicious condiment for your favorite grilled vegetables or seafood. Tomatoes, onion, squash, corn, potatoes, eggplant, asparagus; and for seafood, this is great on scallops or shrimp. This will make about 2/3 cup of the dressing. For a larger crowd, you can always double the recipe."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (39.8 g)
- Calories 242.6
- Total Fat - 27.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 1.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 0.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 0 g
- Protein - 0.4 g
- Calcium - 22.9 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Add the garlic and basil to a small food processor and pulse until lightly chopped. Add the olive oil - slowly - and continue to process until very smooth; finish with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice - just a light squeeze. Also, I prefer fresh lemon, but if that plastic lemon is all you have; that will work for this small of amount. You could also leave it out if you don't have either. The fresh just has such a bright fresh taste.
Step 2
NOTE: You can change this recipe up by; simmering the garlic first in the oil, to make an infused oil; or, you can use roasted garlic. But, I prefer the fresh garlic in this particular recipe.
Step 3
Serve ... Drizzle or brush on your favorite grilled vegetables before serving. ENJOY!
Tips
No special items needed.