[Sca-cooks] BASIL OIL

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

I just run my basil through the microprocessor (the chopper attachment to
my handblender) with some olive oil and freeze it. I also have stored
basil pesto in the fridge for months sealed with a layer of oil.

Margaret


On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 Seton1355 at aol.com wrote:

> --
> I have lots of basil coming up in my herb garden.  I would really like to
> make basil oil for later consumption.
> Here's my question:
>  My idea is to take a canning jar, fill it 2/3 with oil and then start
> putting cut basil into it the oil filled jar.  I would cut the basil with
> sissors.  And I would keep adding basil until the oil jar was mostly basil; a
> la pesto.
>
> I don't normally refridgerate my oil. Will I have to now that it has basil in
> it or does the basil act as a preservative?
> Thanks a lot !
> Phillipa