Flavored oil: 10 recipes to enrich and make your oil tastier with herbs, spices and citrus fruits

Not just chilli oil, how to flavor your favorite oil with spices, herbs and citrus fruits to have tasty and versatile toppings to use in your favorite recipes

Flavored oil: 10 recipes to enrich and make your oil tastier with herbs, spices and citrus fruits

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- flavored oils they are really simple to prepare at home from aromatic herbs and spices. Vegetables such as garlic and chilli can also be used. To prepare your flavored oils, always choose quality extra virgin olive oil.

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Basic procedure

The basic procedure for preparing cold flavored oils is common to all recipes and involves:

  • Bring glass jars with hermetically sealed lids;
  • Sterilize the jars before use (Here the complete procedure for sterilization)
  • Pour the chosen quantity of spices or other aromatic ingredients indicated in the recipes into the bottom of the jars;
  • pour extra virgin olive oil according to the capacity of the jar and the needs.
  • You will need to close the jars tightly and store them in the dark 1 to 3 weeks (depending on the intensity of the desired taste and the indications present in the different recipes, with citrus fruits the times can be reduced to a few days).
  • At this point you can filter the flavored oil and pour it into clean bottles to be kept away from light and heat, perhaps wrapping them with aluminum foil.

Here are a few recipes that we have collected for you per prepare flavored oils at home.



Aromatic oil with rosemary and chilli

To prepare thearomatic oil with rosemary and chilli you will need 130 g of extra virgin olive oil, 5 g of rosemary and 2 chillies. You can prepare the aromatic oil and let it rest for at least two days. Here you will find the complete recipe:

Aromatic oil with rosemary and chilli

Garlic flavored oil

Flavored oil: 10 recipes to enrich and make your oil tastier with herbs, spices and citrus fruits

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Here is the recipe to prepare thegarlic flavored oil:

  • For 500 ml of extra virgin olive oil, 7 cloves of garlic are used.
  • You can also add aromatic herbs to taste.

Garlic flavored oil is used to savor bruschetta, pasta, pizza, salads and other dishes according to your tastes.

Ginger flavored oil

Flavored oil: 10 recipes to enrich and make your oil tastier with herbs, spices and citrus fruits

Here is the recipe to prepare theginger flavored oil:

For 500 ml of extra virgin olive oil, 30-40 g of ginger root are used, but you can add even less if you fear a too strong taste.

The ginger will have to macerate for a week in extra virgin olive oil. Here the complete recipe:

Ginger oil: how to prepare and use it

Turmeric flavored oil

The preparation ofturmeric flavored oil for food use it requires 500 ml of extra virgin olive oil and 3 tablespoons of turmeric powder. You will need to pour the oil into a jar with an airtight lid and mix the turmeric. The rest time is 1 week. Shake the jar from time to time.


THU the complete recipe:

Turmeric oil, for food and cosmetic use: properties and how to make it


Rosemary flavored oil

THEoil flavored with rosemary it's really easy to make at home. You will need 1 liter of oil and at least three sprigs of rosemary. You can divide the needles or use whole twigs. In this case, the maceration times are at least 3 weeks. THU recipe.

Lemon flavored oil

To prepare thelemon flavored oil you will need organic or otherwise untreated lemons, since you will have to use the peel, and quality extra virgin olive oil. You will have to remove the lemon peel with a sharp knife, without incorporating the white part, as for limoncello. THU the complete recipe.


Thyme flavored oil

Here is another flavored oil that is easy to prepare at home and to use to flavor your favorite dishes. You will only be able to use the thyme or combine it with other herbs, such as sage, basil or tarragon. THU the complete recipe.

Basil flavored oil

You can prepare thebasil flavored oil with 1 liter of extra virgin olive oil, 10 basil leaves and some inflorescences of this plant (if you grow rosemary in pots or in the garden it will be very easy to collect them during the summer). The rest time is 3 weeks. THU the complete recipe.


Tangerine flavored oil

Here is another gem to flavor your dishes that you can easily prepare at home with organic and untreated mandarins: tangerine flavored oil. In fact, you will have to use the peel of the mandarins. For 500 ml of extra virgin olive oil you will need 5 mandarins. THU the complete recipe.

Herbal flavored oil

Your flavored oil can be made up of multiple herbs, depending on your tastes, for example you can combine garlic and chilli, or basil and rosemary, but also lemon and mandarin. You can create your own herbal mix, such as oregano, basil and savory, but also tarragon and Hebrew chives following all the steps explained at the beginning.

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