Garlic puree, toxic or not ?

Minusorange · 3 Jan 2021 at 23:14

So I made up some garlic puree a few weeks ago after watching Ziangs youtube on it, it's just cloves blended into oil, they say it should keep for a few months in the fridge

but then I read this - http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/files/251548.pdf

Take extreme care when preparing flavored oils with fresh garlic or when storing fresh garlic in oil. Peeled garlic cloves may be submerged in oil and stored in the freezer for several months or in the refrigerator for no more than 4 days. Label refrigerated garlic in oil mixtures to show the preparation date (or preferably with a “discard after date” label). Do not store garlic in oil at room temperature. Garlic in oil mixtures stored at room temperature provide an ideal environment for Clostridium botulinum to grow and produce toxin (low acidity, no free oxygen in the oil, and warm temperature). The same hazard exists for roasted garlic stored in oil. At least four outbreaks of botulism associated with garlic in oil mixtures have been reported in North America in the late 1980s and 1990s. Outbreaks in 1991 (California) and 1999 (Florida) were associated with garlic in oil prepared in the home

It's not the only article about this either and obviously there's a huge difference between 4 days & 2 months so what is it ? I don't want to inadvertently give myself botulism and it's easy and cheap enough to throw away and remake but if it's safe to use I'll use it rather than bin it

Minusorange · 4 Jan 2021 at 12:42

Guess I'll bin it then as it's not worth the risk, seems odd that a well respected cooking channel on youtube would advise keeping it for months though

Minusorange · 5 Jan 2021 at 13:29

Begbie said:
Sautéing garlic in some olive oil is the tastied way I've made garlic oil. Plus I believe you can store it longer. Eurgh, it's so good.

Yep most of the articles on toxic garlic puree say that cooking the garlic first makes it safe but I wonder what it does to the flavour ?

Minusorange · 5 Jan 2021 at 14:00

Begbie said:
Makes it delicious. I do it now when making a marinara sauce. Then store the leftover in a jar, yum

So boil it in the oil then blend it to make the paste ?