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The Five-Minute Herb Sauce.

For roasted vegetables, sourdough, or eating straight from the spoon. No blender, no cooking, and it keeps in the fridge for most of the week.

5 minutes·Makes about 1 cup·Easy·Keeps 4 days, chilled
Fresh herbs and garlic being chopped on a board

Ingredients

  • 1 cup soft herbs — parsley, basil, or a mix, roughly chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • ½ tsp flaky sea salt
  • A pinch of chilli flakes (optional)

Method

01

Roughly chop the herbs and garlic together on a board — a rough chop is fine, this isn't meant to be smooth.

02

Transfer to a bowl. Add the vinegar and salt, and let it sit for two minutes — this softens the garlic's bite.

03

Stir in the olive oil until it comes together loosely. It should look like a rough, spoonable sauce, not a paste.

04

Taste, and add a touch more salt or vinegar if it needs it.

05

Spoon it over anything roasted, onto sourdough, or straight from the bowl. Keeps in the fridge for up to four days — the flavour gets sharper, not worse.

A note on the herbs

Whatever's growing or on hand works. We use parsley most often because it's the least fussy to keep fresh, but basil, coriander, or a mix of soft herbs all work the same way.

Bottle of olive oil

The oil used in this recipe

Estate Extra Virgin

Cold-pressed, Sicily

$34.00

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