A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

carmentina — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:23:07 GMT

Here in Italy everyone grows their own rosemary. Whenever they grill, they soak a couple of freshly "bruised" sprigs in olive oil, then literally use the sprigs as a basting brush.

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

Russ Bianchi — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:19:57 GMT

Rosmary, Sage, Several Kinds Of Parsley, Tyme, Oregano, etc. (easy to grow even in an apartmetn window in used milk cartons with some potting soil and water) are all year available fresh in my own organic rasied bed garden and sooooooo delicious and good for you.

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

fennydendron — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:19:33 GMT

I love Rosemary (I grow my own) and Olive Oil but doing it like Lucy might risk growth of unwanted pathogens.I dehydrate all my Rosemary to a very dry consistency and grind small amounts as needed into a fine powder with a coffee grinder and then mix with whatever other dehydrated herb and oil I feel like.That way I don't have to strain anything and it tastes less bitter and fibrous than the fresh herbs.

By the way,crushing fresh Rosemary with a spoon seems to be unneccessarily difficult.Why not invest $ 39.00 in a Thai Mortar made out of solid granite?I make a killer garlic pesto with nothing but fresh garlic,and it's fantastic mixed with cream cheese.

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

CABrown9 — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:09:49 GMT

As an herbalist, I learned that making an olive oil mixture like this can cause botulism--unless you heat it. The problem with that would be that heating the olive oil would cause it to not be healthy for you.

If you were to make an herbal vinegar, then that should preserve the mixture for up to 2 years.

Carole A. Brown, Herbalist

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

carisa — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:16:39 GMT

The oil gets moldy because of the water content in fresh herbs. Another way to do it is to use good quality dried rosemary along with a drop or so of rosemary essential oil. Just 1 or 2 drops in a big bottle of oil will suffice....highly concentrated stuff! I love cooking with essential oils because of the aromatic element they bring as well as the health benefits. There are lots of ways to use essential oils but one of the easiest is with infused oils.

Alternatively, you can make the infused oil with fresh herbs in smaller, refrigerated portions so that it is used before it has a chance to turn into a science experiment ;-)

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

Robert Boll — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:16:10 GMT

would be nice to sync voice to picture and remove that web address so we can see what Lucy is doing in this video.

we wondered if cinnimon could be used as a substitute.

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

pinkskittles — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:49:21 GMT

this reminds me of DIY-infused vodka recipes... except more flavourful and way better for you!

i like basil and garlic, i'll try rosemary.

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

CheekyVixen — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:26:13 GMT

You can use almost any herb. I enjoy basil, rosemary, and my husband blueberry instead of raspberry.

It is yummy as Lucy would say

re: A Simple and Savory Rosemary Flavored Olive Oil!

texmex — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:06:42 GMT

Delicious.

Can be done with any aromatic herbs like thyme.

Make sure you do your own version rather than buying an already made version.

Control the quality of yourolive oil.