Reciperiodic Table: Garlic

[drewbear]

My good and dear friends, I have a question for you:

What recipes do you think I should try with fresh garlic?

A month ago, I bought a bulb with the vague idea that I would roast it and toss it into the ghoulash I was making, but promptly forget about it once I got home and put it in my pantry-veggies basket (non-refrigeration veggies like potatos, onions, etc.). Today, havign forgotten about the bulb at home, I bought two more at the store (what can I say? they were 2/$1) and then found that I had more garlic than I knew what to do with.

I've been looking up some recipes that use fresh or roasted garlic, but they almost all assume that the cook has a food processor or electric mixer of some kind, which is not my case. I have an oven, a cutting board and various cookware (knives, potato mashers, mallets, spatulas, etc.). The long and short of it is that everything I cook is done by hand and the recipes I'm finding don't account for that.

So. Any ideas for this over-garlicked soul?

Comments

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

I thought that was the best way to manually prep garlic (thank you, Food Network!), but I'm glad you confirmed it for me. I was also looking for any good recipes using garlic you might have, since I've only ever really used garlic powder before and not the real stuff.

yum-yum garlic

[(Anonymous)]

Peel, either minced raw or roast whole cloves. Then place in a small jar and just cover with olive oil. Refrigerate until needed. Use whenever you use "flavoring vegetables- onion, celery, bell pepper". Roasting causes garlic's flavor to become much more mild. Roasted garlic is great in mashed potatoes, stir fries, salad, stuff any meat to be slow cooked, or grilled shrimp. All kinds of soups and stews and sauces. Look online at the food network. I think they had an iron chef episode with secret ingredient of garlic. And yes, someone made garlic ice cream. Like I said in the heading, yum, yum garlic. I have the remains of a quart jar of minced garlic in oil in my refrigerator that Micheal brought with him when he lived here.Beware. if they consume too much garlic, some people exude the smell. Nursing women should not eat garlic or onions. See above reference to ice cream. Call me about more. Sara's MOM