Pickled garlic

[ugly gourd]

Has anybody out there got a recipe for pickled garlic I had some at the Bedford Country Fair and they were Deeeelicious!!

[ugly gourd]

[Tulipa]

The following is what is known on here as "Gavin's Pickled Garlic", it is wonderful!

"My kids eat the stuff like sweets, so I hve no idea how long it keeps.  Worked out from trying to imitate jars of  Pickled Garlic (from Iran) briefly available in Leeds.

- Enough cloves of garlic to fill the pickling jar - separated, but not peeled;
- Enough vinegar to cover the garlic (I've used a variety of vinegars, but I like a white wine vinegar best);
- About 2 ozs sugar to each 1 lb of garlic (try more or less to taste).

1. Put the vinegar and sugar in a heavy-bottomed saucepan, and bring to the boil over high heat for about 10 minutes.

2. Add unpeeled but separated garlic cloves, and carry on cooking for only a minute or two.

3. Remove from the heat and allow to cool a bit - put garlic in a sterilised and warmed glass pickle jar, pour over enough vinegar to cover, and tightly seal. Keep for at least a month (if you can).

You can add tarragon, rosemary, thyme, a couple of chillies, peppercorns - whatever you like (as long as you don't add salt!)"

Copied from his posting in recipes ages ago!

[tim]

Think twice, I think, about doing garlic in oil - like the bought stuff??

[supersprout]

Bought stuff?
What's that then?
:o :)

[tim]

Lovely stuff from the Farmers' Market & Delis - for the poor that can't grow it?

But thought it was timely to bring up the old warnings??

http://www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com/pickle.htm

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/ANS00523.html

[ugly gourd]

Thankyou for the recipe better start harvesting!!

[Curryandchips]

Thanks for the warnings Tim, it is so tempting to make some garlic olive oil, alas no room in our fridge for stuff like that.

[Svea]

ah, but dont confuse 'garlic preserved in oil', with 'garlic olive oil'. no, seriously!

you wont have the same issues with garlic olive oil as you will only use a few cloves which will be completely submerged. well worth doing in my books! i have done that for years!