Tips on Growing, Peeling, and Preserving Garlic for Long-Term Storage
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- Garlic is an important crop in a survival garden and is one of the easiest plants to successfully grow. It will easily store through the winter in a cool, dry, dark location.
In this video, we dehydrate and freeze-dry garlic to extend the shelf life for long-term storage. We also share a really cool trick to peel garlic fast and easily. I wish I would have known about this method years ago.
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One thing worth mentioning is if you freeze dry your garlic try and make the next 2 batches something that is garlic flavor friendly.
I did wash the chamber with soap and water after the garlic batch, but there was still a lingering smell of garlic for the next two batches. Thankfully i ran some burger and then chicken, instead of getting garlic flavored peaches.
We mince the garlic 🧄 and put it into 1 gallon zip freezer bags. Flattening it out, taking all the air out. Then score the bags slightly from the outside into squares with a brunt knife. We can stack all of these flat bags into the freezer 🥶 and take out a bag to break off a square pieces as we need fresh garlic. Shalom to you 😊
We did that with onions before we got a freeze dryer.
What’s freezer dryer.?
Till now I had a wrong thought about romance. Now I know, move aside candle lit dinners, champagne and strawberry and cream, here comes a bowl of garlic 😂
That's the way we do our garlic also. It tastes just like the day we did it. Only difference is we freeze it on trays flattened and separated then we put it in vacuum sealed bags so it doesn't get freezer taste from ice buildup in the bags
Folks, save those garlic and onion peal papers! soak in very hot water and use as a tea. Very medicinal!
How would you store it and for how long? Thanks! 😊
Greetings from Tennessee. I haven't read through the other comments, so someone might have already suggested it, but you should have saved the water you had from rinsing the garlic. When sprayed on your garden it acts like an organic bug deterrent. A late comment about your composting video is if you don't have access to a lot of leaves, use shredded newspapers. I compost grass clipping (which is a slow process) and always run out of leaves before summers end. Even if you don't subscribe to a paper, most local markets have free community "papers." A local paper delivery person is a good source as well. I also use a tonic on each layer of grass that does wonders. 1 can beer, 1 can dark non-diet cola, and 1/4 cup ammonia. I mix that in a 2 quart rose pump sprayer topped off with water. Keep up the good work and may God bless you all.
Recipe for kicking a cold: peeled garlic cloves in a jar covered with raw honey. Turn jar upside down daily. Leave on counter for about a month while it ferments. Burp regularly. Store in frig. At the first sign of a cold, eat some honey and garlic cloves.
Loved your suggestion of planting next to my berries to repel Japanese beetles. We will definitely try that. I used some of my garlic to flavor olive oil and it's an easy and quick way to use it without having to peel. Also a fan of putting chopped garlic in ice cube trays with oil, freeze and so easy to put in the pan. Thanks
I used the slicer blade in my food processor on several of foods i freeze dry including garlic. I am debating of getting a food processor that comes with, or you can buy, additional blades with different thickness of cuts that range for a 1/8inch (3mm) to 3/8inch (9mm)
I also save the best of the best for replanting, and the second best for the cold room. I find harvesting the garlic a week before you think you should really helps the storage life.
My favorite use for garlic is chicken scampi. I marinade the chicken in lemon juice and Old Bay seasoning. After the chicken has browned in the frying pan i add equal amounts of butter and olive oil. The last minute i add the lemon zest and a heaping pile of minced garlic.
Thank you!! I actually really needed a comprehensive garlic guide like this AND I needed a way to get rid of some garden pests!
Blessings from Chicago. I live in an apartment. I can, dehydrate and can my food preps. I try to be thoughtful of my neighbors when I dehydrate leeks, onions, garlic and peppers. I try to start the process in the oven but I'm afraid of bacteria growth. I also start them on a lower temp for a few hours. The good thing is, I live on a floor full of cooks. No one has complained yet. I love roasted elephant garlic but it is so costly.
Ferment your garlic...I do mine and have it in a large jar in the refer. Whenever I want any garlic I lift the lid and it is good to go. It will continue to ferment while in the refer. Fermented garlic is very good for you.
I simply eat a raw clove every day in the fall-winter-early Spring as a flu preventative. Seems to help.
This is great! The problem with rinsing though is the loss of the allicin which is it’s main reason it’s so beneficial.
Thanks for confirming. I wasn’t sure but once I heard rinsing my first thought was noooo! the poor allicin.
There will be NO vampires visiting yours house!!😂
Love the smell of garlic 😛
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I would say one of my favorite things to do with garlic is make garlic Confite. Just slow simmer it in some beautiful olive oil. Then when it’s like little caramel candies separate them out from the oil. Then you can use it on bread like butter. Or definitely use it in focaccia bread.
How long does it last?
I love garlic scape pesto on fricasia bread
Great ideas! I don’t rinse mine, I peal them cut the ends and throw them in the freezer. Taste is great! I’ll have to try your methods too.
We plant hardneck German garlic in late October and harvest the following July. It's got a little spiciness to it for extra zing! I don't have a recipe per se but freeze dry my version of mirepoix: adding garlic to the chopped onion, celery, and bell pepper. I don't cook it beforehand (avoiding adding oils). I can't tell you how good it smells 🙂 I love the shake shake shake method of peeling garlic - THANK YOU!
Yea! That was much needed information. I enjoyed the whole video. 👍👍
I'm so glad you did garden garlic. We haven't tried it yet. This year our tomatoes, potatoes and carrots failed terribly. Tons of all sorts of peppers, though! If I can get a big bag of peeled garlic I will FD it for this year and I have some bulbs on order for planting. Your big bowls of beautiful white garlic look so fantastic.Thanks for the inspiration.
I would sure take one!!! I love garlic. Have no way to freeze dry it. Wish I did. Never seen so much garlic in my life!! You are so blessed.
We braid ours after harvesting and they keep until the following summer. We grow Bulgarian Beauty variety (soft neck) about 200 heads a year. It’s a great keeper. We just use it fresh as we need it.
Wow that was a lot of garlic! Love your tips on peeling and planting. This is my first year planting as of today. Can't wait to see what happens with it next year. 😊
I use my food processor to chop my garlic cloves but instead of using a grating blade I use a chopping blade. No rinsing necessary. Then I dehydrate, or freeze in small cubes. Either way, I store in mason jars dried(some powdered) or keep frozen for adding to recipes.
Favorite garlic recipe is minced garlic sautéed in butter or olive oil and tossed with pasta.
I'm growing garlic for the first time this winter. So excited for my first crop this coming summer! Thanks for the video. I'll save it to refer back to this summer when I need to figure out how to preserve it!
One thing that I am going to do is make a flavored extra virgin olive oil with dill weed and minced garlic. I just made Ukrainian garlic bread last Sunday and that's what they use. Just pour it over top still warm fresh baked buns. Amazing! 🤤. I bet it would be delicious on other things too.
I freeze. I process through a food processor, mashing a bit first (they process MUCH faster if not 'smooth sided') a just a little oil and then use my smallest scoop to measure out a tablespoon onto a lined 1/2 sheet tray. Freeze overnight and then package 10 to a small freezer bag, or vacuum pack, 10 per. I have more control with measurements over ice cube trays and don't have to store 15+- trays.
I absolutely love canned garlic. I have been canning garlic for years and I won't ever stop 😂. It is like candy when it is canned, so tastey and so good for the immune system
I've been listening as I'm grilling chicken, didn't see the actual amount of garlic in halfway through the video. HOLY MOLEY! I'd be in heaven!
I love to dehydrate and leave some as sliced and some as powdered. It is so intense, I just loooove it. I make my own pasta sauce using water bathed tomato paste, and the homemade powder just kicks it up. Store bought just doesn't compare.
I love you positive attitude.
❤️ would love some freeze dried garlic. Alas, I must dehydrate, but I am grateful for that. thank you for all your knowledge and help ❤️
Great garlic! Thanks for sharing the tip on how to easily peel the cloves :-)
Good to be able to weight the differences between preservation methods!
Ty for information on peeling garlic. So easy
What a nice video. Thank you so much 😊
Thank you . Just in time . This has been helpful 🙂
Thank u for sharing-all of this great information…stay blessed
Thank you for sharing all your tips, I am growing garlic for the 1st time this year. I love garlic so much and put it on everything so I decided this is the year to try and grow it. The previous people that owned our property sterilized the ground for 20+ yrs so we have not been able to grow anything for the last 5 yrs. We have used our chicken coop straw and scraps from the house to put back in the dirt and I can finally grow weeds so we are trying to get what we can in seeds for plants next year. Fingers crossed that we have a garden and not a bunch of weeds next year!!
Wait, what do you mean the previous owners of the property sterilized the ground? Did they use herbicides/pesticides?
If so, I would strongly advise against eating anything that has grown in this soil before the soil has been analyzed for residues in a lab. Depending on the laboratory findings, the soil may have to be replaced before it is safe to produce food there.
And do the chickens graze on it?
Many individuals use these products fairly indiscriminately and in excessive doses, and these chemicals have pretty long half-lives.
@@bittehiereinfugen7723 they used a spray that kills everything and stays in the ground for up to 2or 3 years. The county told us that the best way to get rid of it was to water. It washes out. So we water, for about 5 years now, then we had a LOT of top soil brought in and I can't believe how expensive that is..no the chickens have a fenced area that was not sprayed and they live in that. They do get to roam in the grassy areas of my front yard and it is fenced.
Do you think it would work well to melt coconut oil and mix in chopped garlic and refrigerate? It seems like that would be good to use by spoonful in cooking.
Great vid guys.
I just peeled all my garlic today and just put it in a quart jar in the fridge ,but I wished I had a freeze dryer but very expensive here in Canada so I will try dehydrating it ,thanks for a great video
Get yourself a small mini food chopper at Wally, they work wonderful!
Please don't damage your tendons in your hand and wrist by banging the chopper. Trust me. A hand is not a hammer.
Great video thanks! Glad I found your channel!
I never learned much about garlic, so this is my first year using and planting fresh garlic.
I’ve only made medicinal tincture from my garlic, which was an interesting process. I have yet to learn how to preserve/use it for culinary purposes, so I appreciate this video, y’all!
How many did you use for a tincture?
@@colleenpritchett6914 It’s been a bit, so I can’t remember the exact number of cloves, and it’s the only time I’ve done it. My apartment smelled like garlic for days after I strained & decanted the tincture!😅 There are some great videos on here that can help you out, though.
We were given some hard neck garlic for eating and planting several years ago. We live in zone 6. I plant in October and harvest in august. Carefully dry on our porch out of the sun. Then I braid and hang in my sunroom that is heated but has an unheated floor. Garlic keeps from august to April just hanging.
What a beautiful happy looking couple working together in the kitchen.
You should watch the Documentary “Rotten” you will never buy pre-chopped or processed Garlic again!
Love you channel, I have watched every video some multiple times😅
Do you have a link of the documentary you can post? Thank you
Very helpful thank u very much
I'm working on an experiment for the next couple of years with garlic bulbs. I stored a few in a cool, dry basement for a few months - already used them all. Quality was good. I may have been able to get more longevity out of that storage method if I had stored more of them. I also placed 3 bulbs in 3 FoodSaver resealable vacuum bags (with the oxygen extraction flap) for a total of 9 bulbs. I plan to use them over the course of the next couple of years so I can determine if freezing keeps them almost like fresh, and usable. I'm about ready to open the first vacuum sealed bag. FAVORITE RECIPIE = Lemony piccata with either chicken or veal. Fresh parsley, capers, chicken stock, butter and dry white wine complete the sauce.
Wonderful
Good job, we use our garlic in soups, I should branch out with my use! I just store it in our garage and it makes it thru the winter pretty well here in Ohio.
The Outer Clove is an interesting restaurant in Nelson BC. Every item on the menu has garlic in it, including the ice cream!
I must admit, I don't have a lot of room, but I did plant a dozen cloves because it was supposed to deter the animals. The squirrel and raccons dug them up, but only gnawed a few. I replanted and now they just sit on them and break the tops. I will harvest in a couple of weeks, but I don't expect a lot. The tricks are good....my freeze dryer is in the basement, but I can stick the dehydrator outside, so I may try that if I can keep the raccoons at bay.
Garlic Noodles that I found on UA-cam.. I believe it is a San Francisco speciality. It is really good and uses about 6 cloves of garlic & angel hair pasta (my fave). I also like tuna, garlic, and oil with bow-tie/farfalle pasta. (saute the garlic for 1 minute in the oil then use as a dressing over the tuna & noodles. I am all about simple. I like quick easy simple recipes and use them often.
I am trying to grow garlic this fall again. So far I haven't had much luck. I tried in my greenhouse which has the most sun available in the backyard. My garden gets a lot of partial shade and as it comes from neighbors trees as well as the ones here and I rent so nothing I can do about it. I have considered trying to put some in containers on the front deck which gets full sun and may try some that way.
I really like the idea though of putting my garlic all over the garden because then I can discover where it grows the best. I will go with that this year as I will be planting my garlic this month. Thanks for the help on what to do with it as well. I don't have a freeze dryer so will dehydrate and make powder. I would also like to try a garlic marinade. I love to experiment with small batches. I have a small backyard garden with raised beds so am limited space wise. My landlord ok'd the garden and greenhouse btw.
I would love some garlic 😋 you guys are the best
Dehydrated garlic makes some amazing fresh roasted granular garlic powder! So fresh, and nothing like store bought granulated garlic.
FD garlic has a super intense almost hot flavor, it is sooo delicious!
Thank very much for the garlic info.
It probably would work great in a Mojo marinade!
I would have done several quarts of fermented honey garlic.
Hi , I have just made some of this for the first time , only at the early first few weeks of fermenting . Hope it turns out good
Made think of how many 1/2 gallon jar of Fire Cider I could make with all this garlic!!!
Everyone I've talked to says garlic is hard to grow in southern Arizona. You make it look so easy!
Hint: pour hot water over garlic in a bowl, wait 5 minutes, skins fall off!
Please update your Bosch Bread Mixer link! I know it's an older video, but all your helpful things just stay relevant! 😊
I found at the 99 cents store- they have a mini clothes line. It’s a plastic frame that has clothes pins on them, about 20 of them (looks like there is only room enough in between each clothes pins). It has a hanger in the middle so, I was able to hang my garlic off of this to dry (had to double up on some). Worked great!
Hubby bought me a gadget called a Super Chopper, what a blessing for onions & garlic
I can't find anything that says Super Chopper. What does it look like?
Hello I would love a jar😂 I could definitely use the garlic- we have almost 12 children 😂. I do have a question though, I never grew garlic but could garlic be vacuum sealed in mason jars if I do buy some or start harvesting it on my own? I am very happy I came across your UA-cam channel- gotta say I learned a lot, thanks so very much much for sharing your ideas with us.
When I cut up garlic I wear my swimming goggles so the tears don't run down my cheeks.
Thanks for the tips.
This would be great for powdered garlic!
Thankyou for this video..I love elephant garlic..it has a milder taste
Exactly, when one does there own, you know what's in it
fI learned about this method from the "Old Alabama Gardener" a couple of years ago. This is my favorite for medicinal ingestion. I mince the garlic as you did (any method is ok) Then I put it in jars 2/3 to 3/4 full. I then pour organic honey over it stir out the air, and cap it with a fermenting nipple top. Let it sit for 4 weeks. Stir once a week. Put in refrigerator and consume a Tbsp. daily.
What are your favorite varieties to grow and why?
As for a recipe, I've always liked aglio e olio if you have fresh parsley. It's like 6 ingredients and if they're all fresh it's life-altering and will take about a head of garlic.
Yes, freeze dried garlic once. My garage stank for weeks.
Yeah I’m going with the storing it in olive oil comment. Not only is the garlic delicious but you end up with garlic infused olive oil. Great video 💜
Thank you😇🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
i does work great i choped mine in the vidamix just pulse it a few times and in the freezer and freeze dryer it goes
I’ve always dehydrated but now I have a freeze dryer. I will freeze dry next year’s harvest but I will need to move the machine outside to my covered outdoor kitchen.
Thank you for your video!
I've had better luck getting jars and jars of garlic packed in oil from the dumpsters than I ever had growing the stuff.
The first time I used store bought garlic, (product of China) not knowing it had been treated and would not grow.
Then I got some local organic garlic and got all kinds of it planted in the fall only to have my chickens dig up every one and I guess they ate it because there wasn't a clove to be found.
I haven't tried again, ... but you give me "hope" and I love to hate "hope".
The way I look at it is, as long as I'm sitting on my bum "hoping", I'll never get off my bum and do something that I'm hoping about.
Convoluted I know. But that's just the way I am.
SO! I "will" plant more garlic this fall, ... It's all about the "will" eh?
Speaking of chickens, I got a broody hen last week and she was a Madhen, a Crazyhen, and she actually picked a hole in one of my other chickens so I threw some eggs into a box (I don't even know if they are fertile)(The fox got the rooster months ago) and haven't seen her since.
I put polysporin on the poor holey bird and it's doing well now.
OK, 14 pints of chicken and beef and two didn't seal! I love to hate that too. Gotta make that positive somehow eh?
But the beef sandwiches I just ate were GREAT!
I'm boiling (simmering) the snot out of the chicken bones, fat, and skin, and will use the unsealed pint of chicken for the stock I collect after I've gotten rid of the fat, skin, and bones. Gotta love a little meat for your stock.
Have a great one guys, it's getting really strange here with the local stores all claiming they are being "shorted" on their food orders. And the local wholesalers has half their inventory listed as "Out Of Stock". This is unheard of.
The stuff keeps rolling into the Big Box stores I notice, .. but the local outfits are having problems.
Good luck.
I have heard that the new ForJars canning lids always seal. I haven’t tried them yet but I think I will order some soon to try. I still have plenty of lids. But to get some that would retry much always seal would be awesome.
Great video I just cleaned up my garden and I don’t have a freeze dryer there very nice but so expensive,,you said to rinse garlic before hydrating it do you need to let it dry before you do it
You two are cute! Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for watching!
If I don't have more than a few pounds at most of fresh garlic, I will mince them all up, put them in a quart jar when minced and top off with a good virgin olive oil. I'll keep it in my fridge and use when needed. I've had mine last about a year. Don't know if it would last longer, since I'm always making new before then. I do have a dehydrator which I also use, mainly to make garlic powder. Wish I could afford a freeze dryer but, the way things are right now and the need to buy a new large pressure caner takes priority over the freeze dryer.
Thank you for showing how you guys preserve your long term garlic.
I had to buy mine this year. my garlic did very poorly. hope next year it grows plenty
I've been fermenting cloves with slices of turmeric, ginger, and peppercorns. It becomes so mild you can eat a whole clove without wincing! It makes for a pleasing flavour variation, but not strong enough for a good garlic flavour in cooking.
I'd love that recipe!
Just in time, I got a bag of peeled garlic at Costco today. I'm going to try freeze drying it tomorrow and wasn't sure how it would work. Now I know, thank you.
Me too! I hope Costco still has the big bags. If so I am gonna get TWO!
@@derr2438 i does work great i choped mine in the vidamix just pulse it a few times and in the freeze dryer it goes
@@markg2051 Did you rinse it? I am afraid to lose all that flavor if I rinse it.
@@derr2438 no i did not rinse it at all just the machines after. 😄
Can you please let me know and also others how to freeze dried garlic and after drying where and which temperature should we keep it in.
What kind of garlic did you plant? I've never seen cloves that big. Excellent video.
QUESTION... after you freeze dried the garlic, how did you vacuum seal the Ball jars? Or are they not vacuum sealed at all?
Do you have a way of preserving garlic in olive oil to where it’s shelf stable?
Great job I like it a lot thank you. where can I get that Freeze dry machine? yes I would love to have a jar of that garlic if you can send it to me I will appreciate that.I use lots of garlic in my cooking ,salads ,even eating just like that raw.enjoy your garlic .👍😊😋
What's you philosophy on rotation? I've heard three years minimum for one spot. I've rotated to avoid disease in soil and to build up soil again.
Make Fermented Garlic& raw honey. So good!
I like to dehydrate my garlic when I have extra, which isn't often. It seems like I am always mashing my garlic and using it to make a garlic butter to use in and on garlic bread/ bread-sticks, or to put on pasta or some vegetable to add a bit of flavor. Can you mince it and can it to use like the minced garlic in stores, just wondering.
I don’t have a storage room. I live in Florida and with my A/C set on 76 or 77, is that cool enough to store garlic?
Can you dehydrate whole garlic cloves? Do you recomend this method or not?
My favorite recipe to make with Garlic is Pasta Fagioli. It literally takes 2 minutes longer than it does to cook Angelhair pasta. In a pot - start boiling water for pasta, in a deep pan heat some olive oil & add Cannellini Beans, Garlic, and your favorite greens (spinach, kale, etc) add some Thyme. Add pasta and some of the pasta water to create a creamy non-dairy garlic sauce and enjoy! My favorite types of garlic are a red skinned German garlic and one called rose garlic - both hard neck garlic since I live in a cold climate.
I don't see the model with the food processor attachment that you are using. Is there one or has it been discontinued?
Elephant garlic is is normally much larger then regular garlic and they also have bulbils at the bottom of the bulbs, the scapes also grow straight vs curling
Love this! Can you take us along when you plant the rest?
How do you keep garlic from turning blue green in the jars? Thank you
How do you keep the garlic cloves you put in the basement from drying out?
😂😂 great video, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Our favorite garlic is BLACK GARLIC made in a rice cooker. We keep it in glass jars in the fridge. We also make BLACK SHALLOTS. Make it in the garage as the ordor is intense!
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I just want to know how to keep it in fridge in oil, and how long will it last ? Just bought bag at "Sam" and need to know how to do this....your help appreciated ... Do not have dehydrator ....thinking I might like one... Very interesting...... love all the garlic info you gave us, but I need this info also... I hear it can be kept in oil in fridge for months or maybe forever, but no one is saying how..... do you add any other spices to it..? Etc.... Thanks.
A few pulses in a food processor makes short work of that process. I pulse to have minced garlic before I freeze dry or dehydrate it. I don't like minced garlic in the fridge, but the food processor chops it just like it