Any long term uses for extra heads raw garlic?

Have 3 heads garlic don't need. What can I do with it?

Lara
  • Posted by: Lara
  • March 9, 2017
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Nancy March 9, 2017
And/or, also make
* tapenade (classic or with figs)
* artichokes a la barigoule (a French spring vegetable ragout)
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012483-provencal-artichoke-ragout
* garlic jam (basically the garlic roast that has been recommended, with addition of a few seasonsings) for use on bread, pizza, fish, etc
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6396-roasted-garlic-jam
* gremolata (basic chopped garlic with parsley & lemon. and variations).
* garlic soup...another recipe that, like the chicken with 40 cloves, uses a ton in one recipe (this time, only 26)
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/roasted-garlic-soup-with-parmesan-cheese-100669
 
LisaD March 9, 2017
Store it in a cool dark place and use it as needed in recipes. It will keep. If it starts to look sprouty, then you can roast it as many have suggested.
 
ktr March 9, 2017
You can roast it and then mix it with softened butter and parsley and keep freeze it for later use on vegetables or for smearing under the skin of a chicken before you roast it.
You can also ferment raw garlic and keep it in the fridge for several months.
 
marynn March 9, 2017
Need to know much more on this fermented garlic idea!
 
ktr March 9, 2017
I used this recipe: http://phickle.com/we-can-phickle-that-brined-pickled-garlic/
 
marynn March 9, 2017
Perhaps a Garlic Confit as a secret weapon to keep on hand?

http://www.thekitchn.com/garlic-confit-is-the-magic-secret-to-loving-any-vegetable-221126
 
AntoniaJames March 9, 2017
Yes, agree! I actually think that garlic + shallot confit is even better. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/garlic-and-shallot-confit-recipe The oil from either confit can be used in so many ways! Both the KAF recipe and the Gjelina cookbook recipe for garlic confit call for sprigs of fresh thyme and bay leaves - which I highly recommend. I make it in my small slow cooker when my oven is not on for something else.
Excellent in roasted vegetables tossed with fresh parsley and red wine vinegar (a recipe from Gjelina). ;o)
 
Greenstuff March 9, 2017
Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic. There are lots of recipes on line.
 
PHIL March 9, 2017
You need to eat more garlic! I would take Sarah's suggestion and roast it, but first make some spaghetti aglio e olio.
 
Lara March 9, 2017
Was bought by mistake by husband ... peeled cloves and have 5 cups worth raw cloves
 
stacy March 9, 2017
I mince garlic in the food processor and freeze them in tablespoon-fuls on a baking sheet in the freezer, then keep them in a zipper bag.
 
Lara March 9, 2017
Do you add any oil?
 
Sarah J. March 9, 2017
You could roast them, whole, and then smash them up and freeze the paste (use an ice cube tray you no longer want/do not care about) for quick use later. Or make garlic confit (https://food52.com/recipes/29365-pasta-with-corn-slow-cooked-tomatoes-and-garlic-confit) and store it in the fridge for a few days or freeze that, too. You could also make Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic (https://food52.com/recipes/27514-chicken-with-40-cloves-of-garlic), or, Meera Sodha has a recipe for Garlic Curry in her book Made in India: https://eatinginmoosejaw.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/100-garlic-clove-curry/. You could make and freeze either!
 
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