Spice Oil

Hot & Strained Infusion

Preparation info
  • Makes:

    250

    ml
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      50 min

Appears in
Plant Academy: The Cookbook: Plant-based techniques & recipes for creative cooking

By Lauren Lovatt

Published 2025

  • About

This spice oil is featured in recipes such as the BBQ sauce. You can try all sorts of different spice combinations and use this oil in combination with other ingredients to make a dressing.

Ingredients

  • 250 ml ( fl oz/1 cup) olive oil
  • 2

Method

Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and slowly bring to a simmer. Simmer over a medium–low heat for 10 minutes – you want to heat the oil for long enough to extract the flavours but not burn the spices. Turn off the leave for a further 30 minutes to infuse and cool completely.

Strain the spices from the oil using a fine-mesh sieve and store in a sealed glass container or sauce bottle