Milk Street Garlic Confit

Name: Milk Street Garlic Confit
Brand: Milk Street
SKU: MSCMS001
Price: 14.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (45 reviews)

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Coaxing out the rounded, complex flavor of garlic is an essential part of the cooking process, but what if you don’t have time? Pre-prepped grocery store jarred garlics are typically raw—so they won’t speed up the process much—and often taste bitter and harsh, or lack flavor altogether. We searched for a garlic that was pre-prepped (to avoid painstaking slicing and grating), shelf-stable and already cooked and flavored so it could be used straight from the jar. We didn’t see any products on the market that fit the bill. That’s why we developed our own. Enter: Milk Street Premium Essentials Garlic Confit, which features more than a whole head of garlic in every jar. To make it, we simmered delicate slivers of garlic with herbs and spices in a creamy blend of extra-virgin olive oil and buttery Indian ghee. First, you taste the rich, rounded garlic—slow-cooked and tender. Then, the bright tinge of lemon followed by the aromatics steeped in the confit’s silky oil: warming, earthy bay leaf and fruity Aleppo pepper with a hint of heat. This complex mélange of flavors is bold enough to stand alone, but it also easily blends into all kinds of savory dishes and cuisines.

Ingredients

Ingredients: Garlic, ghee, olive oil, bay leaves, Aleppo pepper, citric acid, lemon juice
Specifications

Net Weight: 6 ounces
Place of Origin: U.S.A.
How to use

Rich, mellow, fuss-free garlic.

Our garlic confit evolved from a simple time-saver Matthew Card (our creative director of recipes and products) started making when his first child was born. Short on time, but unwilling to compromise his cooking, each weekend Matt made a big Mason jar full of sliced garlic simmered in olive oil. The prepped garlic made it much faster to whip up quick, flavorful meals. The kitchen took Matt’s basic recipe and ran with it. For starters, they added buttery ghee for a creamier, smoother mouthfeel. Bay leaves helped round out the flavor without distracting from the garlic, and a hint of fruity Aleppo chili pepper and splash of lemon juice cut through the richness to clarify the confit’s flavor.

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HOW TO USE

There’s not much that wouldn’t benefit from a spoonful of this confit. It works in any instance where you need a burst of bold garlic flavor. When used as a dip or to finish or lightly sauté, the tender slices of garlic stay intact. But if you keep stirring, they will break down a bit and melt into any savory dish. Add a spoonful to a skillet of onions to build a soup, sauce or stir-fry. Stir into stews or pasta sauces; slather over steaks, roasts, chops, shrimp and cutlets; spread onto sandwiches; or toss with steamed vegetables, grains or pastas for simple side dishes. A touch goes a long way in a savory dressing for hearty greens, while a dollop tossed with pasta and herbs makes a simple dinner extraordinary. It’s wonderful for adding a final, flavorful touch to dishes like roasted vegetables—just as you’d use a finishing swirl of olive oil. And while it’s also lovely as a simple dip for breads, we like to take it even further with this (almost) instant garlic bread: Blend equal parts garlic confit with softened butter, smear thickly across thick slabs of crusty bread and bake until crisp.
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Kitchen Notes

Each tablespoon is equivalent to 3 sliced cloves of sauteed garlic. Beware of sauteeing over high heat, as it will likely burn the garlic and turn it bitter.

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