Garlic's Dropping

Dried out nicely now

 

That'll put the immigrants off, for sure!

 

Only if you think it was the garlic I was referring to

 

It's not the bike either ...

 

My garlic was doing the same thing so I dug them up and they are the best garlic ever, even though it is early, I also tried something new for preserving
for the past several years I have been letting my garlic dry out and then spend HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS topping and tailing and peeling the dried garlic and freezing the cloves, for later use.
We all know how long it can take to get the skin off 1 garlic CLOVE, well we had a carrier bag FULL of garlic bulbs.
Well today it ALL CHANGED, we have picked the garlic, cut the stalks off and brought it straight home, washed it topped and tailed it, ( NOW HERE IS THE INGENIOUS BIT)
squeezed it between fingers and thumb and the outside layers just came off
YEAH, JUBILATION , TIME TO DANCE AROUND THE KITCHEN, PHONE A FRIEND AND LET THE WORLD KNOW
None of this fighting with the dried outer skins
Put them in the blender with a drop of oil, blitzed it, put it into a freezer bag,flattened it out, put it in the freezer,
YEAH, all done, and only took 30 minutes.
So now I have garlic ready to use, none of this putting it in the gravy (or what ever) and then going to find it to squash it once it is cooked (nothing worse than a huge clump of garlic in your mouth)
One thing I must mention is this garlic HAS to be cooked, due to the fact it was mixed with oil
I have to give credit where credit is due, this time saving technique was Stephens idea
I knew I loved him for a reason ha ha

 

As I highlighted in your other (duplicate) post, you do not mention at which stage you cook it, how you cook it or for how long.

 

Sorry if I did not make myself very clear :(
It is frozen raw, for use as and when I want it,
I use it is stews,soups, sauces,gravy, stir fry,Tec
Basically anytime you would cook using fresh garlic, you can use it from the freezer
Hope I have cleared this up for you

 

I like the serving suggestions, "why not serve with asparagus tips and a knob of butter"

Thats my favourite

 

Zigs,

are you sure you wanna mention a*p*r*g*s on a thread with the title "drooping garlic".

You never know if "M" s lurking