This garlic confit recipe gives you soft buttery garlic cloves to top crostini, and garlic oil that’s great for salads and drizzling over seared meats. As a cookbook author who loves helping people build on the basics of home cooking, I’m here to walk you through this easy and tasty recipe step-by-step…
What is confit?
Confit is a French word meaning to preserve.
Confit cooking is when you cook meats or vegetables low and slow in fat, typically their own fat.
This cooking method helps make the protein or vegetable tender and break down during the cooking process vs traditional high-temperature cooking methods.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for a step-by-step cooking video…
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make garlic confit in the oven.
- ½ cup garlic, peeled (about 2 cloves)
- 2 bay leaves, dried
- ¼ cup olive oil
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How to cook garlic confit in the oven
Now I’ll walk you through the detailed recipe for garlic confit with extra tips…
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
- Peel garlic cloves and remove the root end (optional).
- In an oven safe dish, add two bay leaves to the bottom and then add the peeled garlic on top.
- Cover the garlic and bay leaves with olive oil until they are just submerged.
- Place the dish into the oven on a baking sheet uncovered and cook for about 1.5 – 2 hours until the garlic cloves are softened and lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely before using. Keep it in the fridge and use it for days in salad dressings, pasta sauces, in veggie and meat dishes, etc…
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Hey home chef, hope that answers all your questions about making garlic confit in the oven.
Pair this garlic confit with a steak recipe or crostini topped with freshly grated parmesan cheese and you’ll be in for a treat.
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– Jenna
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Garlic Confit Recipe
Video
Ingredients
- ½ cup garlic peeled (about 2 cloves)
- 2 bay leaves dried
- ¼ cup olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
- Peel garlic cloves and remove the root end (optional).
- In an oven safe dish, add two bay leaves to the bottom and then add the peeled garlic on top.
- Cover the garlic and bay leaves with olive oil until they are just submerged.
- Place the dish into the oven on a baking sheet uncovered and cook for about 1.5 – 2 hours until the garlic cloves are softened and lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely before using. Keep it in the fridge and use it for days in salad dressings, pasta sauces, in veggie and meat dishes, etc…
Notes
Watch the full-length YouTube recipe video on Sip Bite Go’s YouTube channel.
Clive says
Hi Jenna
Thank you for the great and simple recipe for the garlic confit.
I have a bay tree growing in my garden, so would like to use fresh leaves, rather than dried. Do I simply double the amount of dried leaves for the fresh amount?
Kind regards from Johannesburg in South Africa.
Clive
Clive says
Hi from Johannesburg, South Africa
Did you mean two heads of Garlic, rather than two cloves?
Will be following you, as I’m a home cook and love using my Sous Vide Supreme and always looking for recipes.
Kind regards