Gary Rhodes

Orange Oil

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Fabulous Food
Fabulous Food

By Gary Rhodes

Published 1997

  • About

This flavoured oil works well as a dressing for many dishes. A tasty duck à l’orange Summer salad would go very well with this dressing. I use it to help flavour the Seared Scallops with Home-made Pasta.

Ingredients

  • 300 ml (10 fl oz) olive oil, preferably extra virgin
  • 300 ml (10

Method

Place all the ingredients, bar the orange juice, in a saucepan and bring to the simmer. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to stand for a few hours to help all the flavours infuse.

Boil the orange juice and reduce by three-quarters, giving you a very strongly orange-flavoured reduction.

Once the oil has infused, season with salt and pepper and strain through a sieve, squeezi