Time-tested recipe: storing garlic in vegetable oil

foto45466-1 Filling with vegetable oil is a great way to preserve the freshness, taste and beneficial properties of garlic for as long as possible.

The oil, enveloping each clove, blocks contact with oxygen and prevents the penetration of bacteria and germs into the jar of garlic.

At the same time, vegetable oil, infused with garlic aromas, is transformed into a piquant, very tasty addition to salads.

We’ll talk about storing garlic in vegetable oil in the article.

Content

Advantages and disadvantages
Preparation
How to store for the winter?
How long is it stored?
How can you use it later?
Alternatives
Adviсe
Conclusion

Advantages and disadvantages

Among all the known methods of storing garlic, preparing it over the winter in vegetable oil has a number of advantages:

longest shelf life;
minimal loss of taste and beneficial properties of garlic;
vegetable oil, saturated with garlic aromas, acquires a special piquancy (used in the preparation of various dishes) and beneficial properties (can be used as a folk remedy for rubbing).

Among the disadvantages of the method of storing in oil, they note: the teeth, having been saturated with oil, become excessively fatty, which is not always appropriate for preparing salads and main courses.

Preparation

foto45466-2 The quality of garlic preparation in oil directly depends on the quality of the selected products.

For long-term storage in oil choose large, dense teeth, without any damage, darkening or signs of rotting.

Before placing the garlic in jars, the heads are peeled (it is advisable to separate the cloves by size, filling the jars with garlic of the same size).

How to store for the winter?

Prepare garlic in oil for the winter very simple:

Glass containers of suitable size (it is better to use small jars) are sterilized with steam or boiling water.
The prepared container is tightly filled with sorted, peeled cloves.
Fill the filled jar with vegetable oil (it is important to ensure that the oil completely covers the garlic).
Close the jar tightly and store it in a dark, cool place.

By placing sprigs of rosemary or lemon thyme between the cloves, you can add new notes of piquancy to the vegetable oil filling.

Garlic in oil for the winter, video recipe:

How long is it stored?

Store jars of garlic in vegetable oil in a dry, dark, cool place (cellar or refrigerator) for five to six months.

Optimal storage parameters: air temperature - no higher than +5°C, humidity 80%.

After opening the jar, the garlic preparation must be consumed within a maximum of two to three weeks (later the cloves begin to smell unpleasantly of rancid oil).

How can you use it later?

When opening a jar of garlic in vegetable oil, few people know how many delicious dishes can be prepared. The first thing that comes to mind is an appetizer with garlic and lard. To prepare it, cut rye bread, lard and garlic cloves into thin slices. Lard is spread on top of the bread, followed by garlic. The snack is ready!

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (simple spaghetti with garlic dressing). To prepare this dish, boil the spaghetti separately, and prepare a sauce from olive oil, chopped garlic and pepper separately in a frying pan.

As soon as the spaghetti is cooked to al dente (slightly undercooked), add it to the pan with the sauce, sprinkle with grated Parmesan (can be replaced with any hard cheese).

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, video recipe:

Chicken with garlic is a traditional dish for any holiday table. The whole bird is thoroughly washed, rubbed with salt and pepper, and placed in a heat-resistant form.

The chicken is covered on all sides with garlic (a few cloves can be placed inside the bird), put in the oven to bake for forty to forty-five minutes at a temperature of 220C.

Chicken in garlic butter, video recipe:

Honey Garlic Shrimp is a savory appetizer that only takes five minutes to prepare. To begin, mix 1 tsp in a saucepan. chopped garlic, 1 tsp. chopped ginger, 4 tbsp. honey and 3 tbsp. soy sauce.

Add a little garlic vegetable oil from a jar to a well-heated frying pan. fry the peeled shrimp (one minute on each side), add the prepared sauce. A spicy and delicious appetizer is ready!

Shrimp in honey-garlic sauce, video recipe:

Alternatives

If you don’t have vegetable oil on hand, flour will help keep the garlic fresh.

Everything is very simple: a layer (2-3 cm) of flour is poured onto the bottom of a clean, dry glass jar, on which a layer of cloves is placed and sprinkled with flour (a layer of no more than 1 cm).

And so, layer by layer, the jar is filled to the top, after which it is tightly closed with a lid and sent for storage in a dry, cool, dark place.

When filling the jar, you need to make sure that the cloves do not come into close contact with each other. You can store garlic in flour either as whole heads or separated into cloves.

There is another, alternative method of storing garlic - in wine. This is an old recipe known to our grandmothers..

foto45466-3 It allows you to get two products: delicious pickled garlic (a complete snack, an ingredient for salads and main courses) and wine, which can be used for medicinal purposes.

Algorithm of actions:

Peeled garlic cloves are placed in a glass jar.
Fill the jar with red or white wine and close the lid tightly.

A filled jar can be stored for up to three months at temperatures up to +20°C and six months at temperatures up to +10°C.

Adviсe

It is better to prepare garlic in vegetable oil in portions (in 250 g jars). Once opened, the contents of the jar must be used as quickly as possible., since when stored open for a long time, vegetable oil begins to taste bitter.

For preservation, teeth of one year are selected. You should not mix garlic from different years of harvest, as the one collected later will be stored worse.

Conclusion

Quickly, simply, with minimal time and effort, pouring vegetable oil helps preserve the freshness and beneficial properties of garlic for as long as possible.