Smoked garlic

annie130 · 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

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

dingsy

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

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

dingsy

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.