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annie130 · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject: Smoked garlic

I went to the Yorkshire Show this week - fantastic foodie treat, with cooking demos by Harvey Nicks cooks and the great food stalls. I bought all sorts - lovely tasties like curry spices, pickles (spicy red onion marmalade, and aubergine + garlic chutney...) and a big bag of Jordans cereals for £5. And various olives + mushroom mixes + a lovely danish pastry (whoops, didn't mean to tell you about that one...)

But I also bought an enormous bulb of smoked garlic which smells absolutely fantastic. I remember seeing a recipe that used it but can't find it again now. Anyone got any ideas how to best use it?

SephieG · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject:

It's great with those 'earthy' type casseroles/pot roasts which involve chilli, beans and mince/TVP. Think Mexican - Arriba! q50

dingsy · Moderator Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 931 Location: Devon

Or a soup would be good (quantities seem a bit mean, so I'd be inclined to double the amount of stock)

Smoked garlic soup

1 large potato, peeled, chopped and diced
2 bulbs smoked garlic, separated into cloves, peeled
150ml/¼ pint hot chicken stock (can substitute vegetable stock)
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp chopped fresh chives, to garnish
Ingredients For the parsley pesto-
2 tbsp olive oil
handful fresh parsley
1 tbsp whole almond
salt and freshly ground black pepper
squeeze lemon juice
Preparation For the smoked garlic soup- place the potato, garlic cloves and hot stock into a pan and bring to the boil. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, reduce the heat and simmer for 10-12 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Blend with a hand blender until smooth.
For the parsley pesto- place all the parsley pesto ingredients into a small food processor and blend until smooth.To serve, pour the soup into a bowl, swirl in a spoonful of the parsley pesto and garnish with the chives

(You could also use it to flavour oil, if you've any spare.)

Nannyp · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject:

I've not tried Smoked garlic...I'll have to look out for it.
Probably too high faluuting (sp) pour La France

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dingsy · Moderator Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 931 Location: Devon

It's lovely Kathy. Maybe your book courier, I mean Jo, could bring you some when she comes over. It's sweet and mild, and smells gorgeous.