Canned Garlic Food

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!

PICKLED GARLIC (CANNING)

Steps:

• Separate bulbs into cloves. To soften and loosen skins blanch the garlic cloves in rapidly boiling water for 30 seconds. Place in ice water, drain and peel the cloves.
• Place 5 clean 250ml mason jars in boiling water or a combo of 250mls and 125ml jars like I did. And place the snap lids in a separate pot to boil five minutes to soften compound.
• In a large pot place vinegar, wine, salt, sugar and oregano. Bring to a boil, boil gently for one minute. Remove from heat add peeled garlic to hot vinegar mixture. Stir for one minute.
• Place one chili pepper in each jar and pack with garlic to withing 2cm of top rim. Add hot liquid to within 1cm of top rim. Using rubber spatula remove air bubbles and wipe rims with damp paper towel. Place snap lid on jar and finger tighten screw band on.
• Place jars in canner. Cover with one inch of boiling water and bring canner to a boil. Once at a full boil process for your altitude. Remove from pot and let sit 24 hours undisturbed. Check after 24 hrs for seal. Refrigerate any unsealed jars.
• Remove screw bands and clean bands and jar necks. Store in a cool dark place.
• For elevations up to 1000ft process 10 minutes, 1001-3000fr process 15 minutes 3001-6000 process 20 minutes and over 6001 process 25 minutes.

GARLIC CANNED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Wash and break green beans, then wash and rinse again.
• Put into large pot, cover with water and bring to boil. Let boil 5-10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, sterilize jars in boiling water bath and sterilize seals.
• Place 1 garlic clove into jars.
• Ladle green beans into hot jars, then fill jars with hot bean water, making sure to leave 1/4 inch headspace.
• Add 1/4 tsp salt to each pint.
• Wipe rims of jars, place hot seals on jars and tighten bands.
• Place in pressure canner and process 20 minutes at 10 lbs pressure.