Recipes
Garlic eScape Pesto
Ingredients:
scapes (green curly part of your garlic), parmesan cheese, walnuts(switch with any nut of your choice), salt, lemon, olive oil
***This recipe yields around 10 "servings"***
1. Use a food processor or blender and place 6 ounces of scapes, 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese, 2 walnuts, salt (to taste), and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Belnd with your food processor/blender (all the
ingredients amounts are negligible so put as much or as little as you'd like.
2. While your food processor/blender is running, add 1/3 cup of olive oil or add olive oil until your pesto is at your desired consistency.
3. Stop the food processor/blender and taste test. Add more of any ingredients that you may need for your desired taste level.
4. Add to any pasta, flatbread, etc. and enjoy.
Roasted Garlic
Ingredients: garlic bulbs, salt & pepper, olive oil
1. Use 3-4 garlic bulbs and cut the top off so that the cloves on the inside are exposed.
2. Place your bulbs onto a piece of tinfoil (the open side of the garlic bulb should be facing out, away from the tinfoil), and drizzle 1/4 cup of olive oil onto your bulbs.
3. Sprinkle salt & pepper onto the bulbs, and continue by folding your tinfoil over your garlic bulbs (make sure to leave some space for steam to escape).
4. Place your foil covered bulbs in the oven for 45 minutes, afterwards, uncover the bulbs of garlic and baking them for another 15 minutes/until they are golden.
5. Take them out, let the bulbs cool down, squeeze the cloves of garlic out of the bulbs, and enjoy your roasted garlic!!!
Garlic Pesto
Ingredients: garlic cloves, parmesan cheese, walnuts (switch with any nut of your choice), basil, salt, olive oil
1. Use a food processor or blender, place 1 cup of basil leaves, 3 garlic cloves, 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, 2 crushed walnuts, and salt (to taste). Blend all of the ingredients with the food processor/blender (all the ingredients amounts are negligible so put as much or as little as you'd like.
2. While the food processor/blender is running, add 1/3 cup of olive oil or until your pesto is at your desired consistency.
3. Stop the food processor/blender and taste test. Add more of any ingredients that you may need for your desired taste level.
4. Add to any pasta, flatbread, etc. and enjoy.
Honey Garlic
Ingredients: chicken broth, brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, garlic, ginger root, water, cornstarch
Use a saucepan, add 2 cups of chicken broth, 1/2 a cup of brown sugar, 1/2 a cup of honey, 1/4 a cup of soy sauce, 6 cloves of mashed garlic, and 1 teaspoon of minced ginger. Mix the ingredients and bring to a soft boil (use medium heat). After it starts boiling, lower down the heat and let the mixture simmer for approximately 5 minutes.
2. Use a bowl and mix 1/4 cup of water and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. Pour the mixture into the saucepan and continue simmering until your sauce has become more thick and dense.
3. Enjoy your honey garlic sauce!
Garlic Dipping Oil
Ingredients: garlic cloves, olive oil, oregano, basil, salt & pepper
1. Use a bowl and a grater, grate 1 garlic clove into the bowl.
2. Add 1/4 cup of olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of oregano, 1/2 teaspoon of basil, and 1/8 teaspoon of both salt and pepper. Then mix the
ingredients.
3. Enjoy the dipping sauce with a cracker or bread of choice.
Garlic Broth
Ingredients: garlic bulbs, olive oil, parsley, cilantro, salt & pepper
1. Take 2 bulbs of garlic a cut it in half to reveal the cloves on the inside, proceed to crush the garlic cloves of 3 of the haves (reserve the last half for later).
2. Heat up a saucepan (medium heat) with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and cook them until garlic looks like it is golden brown (approximately 9 minutes).
3. Use a deep pan and add 2 quarts of water (bring to a boil), add your last garlic bulb half, a handful of parsley, cilantro, salt, and pepper to your boiling water.
4. Turn the heat down and let your pot sit at a simmer until your garlic bulb is tender (should take 35 minutes approximately).
5. Add a bit more salt and pepper to taste.
6. Strain your broth to get rid of any large pieces of garlic.
7. Enjoy your broth either alone or with some noodles!
Garlic Confit
Ingredients: garlic cloves & olive oil
1. Use a saucepan and fill it with as many garlic cloves as you'd like.
2. Cover the garlic cloves with olive oil (until the garlic is covered), add any herbs you may like.
3. Put the saucepan into the oven for 3 hours at 200 degrees °F.
4. Enjoy your garlic confit, spread it onto some crackers or toast.
***Garlic Confit lasts for a long time!!! If refrigerated, it can last you up to 2 months!***
Spicy Garlic Chick Peas
Ingredients: rinsed chickpeas, garlic cloves, crushed red pepper flakes, olive oil, salt & pepper
1. Open 2 15 oz. cans of rinsed chickpeas and set them to the side.
2. Use a saucepan, add 3/4 cup of olive oil. Add 4 crushed garlic cloves and 1 teaspoon of chili flakes. Heat up your pan with your ingredients over medium heat and add your chickpeas into the pan.
3. Cook for around 7 minutes and then take them off the heat, add salt and pepper, and enjoy with some rice or salad!
Garlic Butter
Ingredients: unsalted butter, garlic cloves, parsley, & salt
1. Soften half a cup of butter at room temperature.
2. Mince 2 cloves of garlic.
3. Use a mixing bowl, mix your butter and garlic with 2 tablespoons of freshly chopped parsley.
4. Salt to taste and then enjoy your butter on a loaf of bread or on some corn.