Recipe - Cilantro Oil

2 cup Packed cilantro leaves
1 cup Lighttasting olive oil

Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add the cilantro, making sure to
push all the leaves under the boiling water. Blanch the cilantro for 5
seconds. Drain and immediately plunge into a bowl of ice water. Drain well
and squeeze out all liquid .

In a blender, puree the cilantro with the olive oil. Strain the puree
through 6 layers of cheesecloth or a paper coffee filter and put in a
sterilized glass bottle, tightly capped.

Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Yield: about Three fourths cup
Copyright, 1996, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved 10/14/96
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Recipe By : TOO HOT TAMALES PANTRY STAPLES SHOW #TH6289

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #270

Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:11:54 0600 (CST)

From: Pat Asher asher@mcs.com