Basil Garlic Oil for Grilled Vegetables and Seafood
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Recipe: #5670
June 08, 2012
Categories: Condiments, Fruit, Lemon, Vegetables, Garlic, Greek, Italian, North American, 5 Ingredients Or Less, 5-Minute Prep, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Make-Ahead, No-Cook, Quick Meals, Birthday, Brunch, Entertaining, July 4th, Labor Day, Ladies Luncheon, Mother's Day, Picnic, Romantic Dinner, Summer, Sunday Dinner, Valentine's Day, Weeknight Meals, Refrigerator, Heart Healthy, Low Calorie, Low Carbohydrate, Low Sodium, No Eggs more
"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 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 & Variations
No special items needed.
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