What is the best way to take sharpness oyt of garlic?
I have become obsessed with toum, all the guides say to use the freshest garlic possible to reduce sharpness but when all i have access to at the time and want that garlic hit its not an option.
Is my best option to blanch is? Microwave is for a few seconds. I want it to be raw and have that strong garlic flavour.
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Roast it I guess. The question is, why would you want to take out the sharpness?
Cut the root of a whole bulb.
Roast it in foil at high great and then squeeze it out from the skin.
It’s piss easy to do.
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Blanching would be the traditional choice.
use young garlic as opposed to old garlic
This or cut out the germ inside if they are older.
This is what I do. Its easy enough to cut in half, rip it out, and maybe use an extra clove to compensate.
its impossible to buy sharp garlic anyway. i usualy put whole head into every dish
Not sure how much flavour is left but i have steamed garlic by bulk. Besides eating it raw steaming it for a short period of time might be your best bet if you're looking for nutrition or whatever.
Soak cut garlic in lemon juice
>What is the best way to take sharpness oyt of garlic?
>I want it to be raw and have that strong garlic flavour.
soak in a cup of water or bake in the oven
water makes it less flavorful overall, oven-baked makes it perfect and creamy and mild, you can eat them by the clove
microwaving might do the same as oven baked but i've never done it
the sharpness of garlic comes from a chemical compound that is created when you destroy the cell walls
cook the garlic before you cut it and it deactivates the chemical compound that is created
you can't have strong garlic flavor without sharp garlic flavor, they go hand in hand
Remove all of the germ.
pickled garlic doesnt sting at all
>all the guides say to use the freshest garlic possible to reduce sharpness
thats weird advice, its commonly known that garlic's sharp bite is mostly present when its fresh and raw. You want to cook it a bit or mash it up and leave it in the fridge for a day to let the flavor dull a bit.
that being said, isnt the point of toum to make a paste with raw garlic? maybe a garlic yogurt sauce is more what you want?
Just eat raw garlic, stop being a pussy.
The reason garlic is sharp is because of the allicin. If you dont want it to be as harsh, peel what you want to use the day before... If its still to tangy, process it fully the day before. The allicin releases as its peeled and is minced, and only lasts for a few hours upon release.
This is also why its a bad idea to get pre-minced bottled garlic. Too much allicin is a turn off for some people, but NO ALLICIN(which is what will happen if its industrially prepped weeks before someone actually eats it) removes pretty much all the flavor from it.