Preserving basil in olive oil | how to keep basil fresh

Preserving basil in olive oil: a simple and quick method to keep fresh basil leaves in olive oil. All you will need is fresh basil, a jar, virgin olive oil, a clove of garlic, and dried oregano.

____ Ingredients ____
- Basil
- Virgin olive oil
- A tablespoon of dried oregano
- 1 clove of garlic

____ Recipe ____
After having cleaning the basil, remove the leaves from the stems. I personally keep the stems as they can be used for dishes such as tomato sauce. If you wish to use them, chop them before adding them to a dish such as a tomato sauce, meatballs, hummus, or soup...

Add the clove of garlic and the dry oregano in the jar, before filling it with the fresh basil leaves. Finally, pour in the olive oil until the basil leaves are fully submerged by the olive oil. Before closing the jar with the lead, push the basil leaves a few times towards the bottom of the jar. The idea is to remove the bubbles out of the jar. This will allow for longer preservation.

You can now store the jar in the fridge. If your fridge is too cold, the olive oil will solidify. This is perfectly fine. When you will have consumed all the basil leaves, you can use the olive oil for pasta or for your salads. The olive oil will have a beautiful fragrance of fresh basil!

Here you have it. Now you know how to preserve fresh basil in olive oil.

____ Content of this video ____
0:00 intro
0:30 ingredients
0:42 prepping the basil
1:18 filling the jar
2:10 adding the oil

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