Canning Roasted Garlic Recipes

KITCHEN TIP: HOW TO PRESERVE GARLIC

Steps:

• Break apart your heads of garlic and peel the cloves. Place the peeled cloves of garlic in a large mixing bowl and fill with water. Use your fingertips to scrub any dirt off of the cloves. Once the cloves are cleaned, transfer them to a large strainer and rinse well.
• Depending on when your garlic was harvested, you might have very few brown spots on the cloves. My garlic was harvested late this year, so the ends were quite brown with some spots on the cloves as well. Use a small paring knife to trim the spots and then transfer the cleaned and trimmed cloves back to the strainer. Rinse again.
• Bring the vinegar to a boil in a large pot. For several hundred cloves of garlic, I used about 8 cups of vinegar. Place the clean garlic cloves into small jars. (I prefer to use small vs large jars to avoid contaminating a huge amount if the jar is open for too long in the refrigerator.) I filled 10 half pint jars with garlic. Once the vinegar has boiled, pour it over the garlic and screw the lids on tight.
• Let the jars come to room temperature on the counter overnight and then store in the refrigerator. This will keep in the refrigerator for up to a year. Enjoy!

CANNED GARLIC RECIPE

Steps:

• ● Wash your canning jars, lids, gaskets, screw tops in the dishwasher on sanitize, boiling water on the stove, or extremely hot sink water. ● Pull bulbs from the entire head of garlic and peel. (The easiest method I have found for peeling is to smash the entire bulb under your hand, then give each bulb a firm hit with a pot ( I used the bottom of a jar). The peel will come off easily.) ● Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. ● Submerge garlic cloves in boiling water, turn off heat and allow to sit for 1 minutes. ● Remove garlic from water, reserve water. ● Mince garlic. If your food processor has a blade that minces (not mushes) you can try that, or mince by hand. ● Add the citric acid to the food processor while mincing. ● Combine minced garlic, olive oil and sea salt in a bowl. ● Stir in 1 cup boiling water. ● Transfer garlic to your sterilized jar packing it well, remove any air bubbles with a rubber spatula. ● Wipe off the rim to clean and place lid and ring on top. ● Place in pressure canner at 10 lbs pressure for 45 minutes. ● Release pressure. ● Remove from canner and then allow to cool on a dish towel as placing them on a cool counter could crack the jars. ● Listen for the ping ping of each jar sealing, remove the ring and try to pry up lid if it is secure your seal was successful. ● Garlic will keep when opened in refrigerator for up to a year and unopened in a cool, dark place for years. ● When processing garlic it may turn slightly brown but it still delicious and edible!

ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Slice off the top each head of garlic to expose some of the cloves inside. Place the heads on a piece of foil. Drizzle with olive oil and wrap in the foil. Roast until cloves are lightly browned and tender, about 30 minutes.