If you’re looking for a simple yet elegant homemade gift this holiday season, rosemary-infused olive oil is a fantastic choice.

What’s your opinion on homemade gifts?  Do you love getting something someone baked, crafted or made during the holidays? 

Homemade gifts are a thoughtful way to show loved ones how much you care during the holiday season. They add a personal touch that store-bought items often lack, reflecting the time, effort, and creativity put into making something unique.

Rosemary Infused Olive Oil Christmas Gift Idea

It’s the perfect gift that can be enjoyed all year long and you won’t believe how easy it is to make! 

This thoughtful and practical gift combines flavor, utility, and charm. Perfect for food lovers and home chefs, this versatile oil can be drizzled over salads, used for dipping bread, or added to roasted vegetables for a burst of herby goodness. Best of all, it’s incredibly easy to make and can be beautifully packaged to suit the festive spirit.

How to Make Rosemary Infused Olive Oil

Homemade infused oil is easy and quite effortless to prepare. All it needs is fresh ingredients and a bit of time. The Rosemary-infused oil can be used in numerous ways, and it is a great way to add flavor instantly.

Rosemary Infused Olive Oil

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Homemade infused oil is easy and quite effortless to prepare. All it needs it fresh ingredients and a bit of time. The Rosemary-infused oil can be used in numerous ways, and it is a great way to add flavor instantly.

Ingredients

• 4 -5 fresh rosemary sprigs
• 3 -4 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 2 cups olive oil

Instructions

1. Wash the rosemary springs and dry them completely.
2. Pour the oil in a saucepan along with garlic cloves and rosemary springs.
3. Keeping the heat at medium, let the oil heat up, and continue cooking the garlic until it turns golden brown.
4. Then switch off the heat and let the oil cool down completely.
5. Strain to a clean glass jar and add a fresh rosemary sprig if you like.
6. Tie a fresh sprig of rosemary to the bottle and your rosemary-infused oil is ready to give as a gift.

 To get started, gather the following ingredients and materials:

• 2 cup of high-quality olive oil
• 4-5 fresh rosemary sprigs
• 3-4 garlic cloves
• 1 tsp Black Peppercorns
• Sterilized glass bottles(I like these for gifts)
• A small saucepan
• Fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth
• Rosemary Olive Oil Gift Tag

To create this gourmet gift the steps are just too simple. You add everything in a sauce pan at medium low heat and let the oil heat slowly.

Once the garlic turns golden brown, the oil should be infused completely with the flavor of garlic and rosemary.

Let the Rosemary Garlic Olive Oil cool down, remove the rosemary sprigs and garlic cloves, and then strain. Note, it is important to remove the garlic cloves, leaving them in the oil can foster the growth of Clostridium botulinum bacteria, which produces poisons that do not affect the taste or smell of the oil.

Store in a glass jar for up to 2 months.

Tie a festive ribbon around each bottle and attach the Free Printable Rosemary Olive Oil tags.  For an extra-special touch include a loaf of homemade bread, or your favorite recipe to use the oil with. Not only will your recipients appreciate the effort you put into creating something so personal, but they’ll also enjoy a delicious kitchen staple long after the holidays are over!

How to use the rosemary-infused oil?

• Pour it in a small bowl, season with salt, pepper and enjoy as a dip with bread.
• Use it to roast potatoes or chicken
• Mix it in dough for homemade rosemary bread
• Works amazing on focaccia
• Make popcorn

Affordable Homemade Holiday Gift Idea

Struggling to find gifts to give to neighbors or friends this holiday season?  Need a gift that won’t break the bank?  Then you need to make this rosemary-infused olive oil!

My parent’s rosemary bush was huge this season, so I decided to use fresh rosemary from their garden to make homemade infused olive oil to gift to friends and neighbors.

I think that this Rosemary Infused Olive Oil is a simple, pretty, and practical Christmas gift that your friends and family will love.

What are you giving friends and family for Christmas this year?

Rosemary Infused Olive Oil

Print

Homemade infused oil is easy and quite effortless to prepare. All it needs it fresh ingredients and a bit of time. The Rosemary-infused oil can be used in numerous ways, and it is a great way to add flavor instantly.

Ingredients

• 4 -5 fresh rosemary sprigs
• 3 -4 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 2 cups olive oil

Instructions

1. Wash the rosemary springs and dry them completely.
2. Pour the oil in a saucepan along with garlic cloves and rosemary springs.
3. Keeping the heat at medium, let the oil heat up, and continue cooking the garlic until it turns golden brown.
4. Then switch off the heat and let the oil cool down completely.
5. Strain to a clean glass jar and add a fresh rosemary sprig if you like.
6. Tie a fresh sprig of rosemary to the bottle and your rosemary-infused oil is ready to give as a gift.