Effective ways to quickly peel garlic
It's no secret that garlic is an excellent spicy component of any dish. But not everyone knows how to quickly peel garlic to prepare a gourmet or ordinary dish. Let's take a look at some ways to clean this product without any hassle.
How to quickly peel garlic picked from the garden?
If you picked garlic from the garden in the summer and find it difficult to clean it, the following recommendations will help you do it quickly and easily.
- Method No. 1
Wash the picked garlic a little in warm water and divide into separate cloves. If the lobules are still quite firmly connected to the main axis, use any sharp object for this. Then take a knife with a wide, thick blade and press the flat part of it firmly onto an individual slice. Under the influence of force, the juicy peel will move from the surface of the garlic clove and peel off from it.
- Method number 2
Separate the freshly picked garlic into individual cloves and place them in cold water. Keep them in this state for about twenty minutes. Then drain the water and try to peel, the husks will begin to peel off on their own.
- Method No. 3
Separate the garlic cloves from the base and place them in hot water. Place the slices in boiling water for a few minutes and drain the water. Wait a while for the cloves to cool a little, and then begin peeling the husks, which will easily come off the surface.
Advice
Peeling garlic by placing cloves in boiling water should be done if you are preparing it for later use as an ingredient in a sauce or marinade.
When preparing dishes with the addition of fresh garlic in order to add a special aroma, you should not use cleansing method number three. Under the influence of heat treatment, some components of its aroma are destroyed, as a result of which it weakens significantly or simply disappears. In addition, under the influence of high temperatures, garlic loses many vitamins that are so necessary for our body.
After finishing work, you can wash your hands of its smell using ordinary salt.
How to quickly peel dry garlic?
Most people use slightly dried or completely dry garlic for cooking. In this case, the thin husk clings to the fingers and quickly breaks off. What to do in this case?
- Method No. 1
To peel a few cloves of dry garlic, press them with the surface of your palm and roll them like this on the table. The dry skin will begin to peel off quickly, making it easy to remove.
- Method No. 2
If your garlic harvest is not absolutely gigantic in size, but on the contrary, somewhat small, then you can quickly peel the garlic in the following way. Place the required number of garlic cloves in the refrigerator for a while. Then take them out and put them in cold, unboiled water. In this state, your garlic should lie for at least half an hour. After this time, the husk will be saturated with water and begin to soak, as a result of which you will be able to clean the spicy ingredient of any quantity without any hassle.
- Method No. 3
This method of cleaning dry garlic is suitable for using it not fresh, but boiled. Divide the garlic into cloves and briefly place them in boiling water. It should be kept in this state for no more than one minute. Then remove from boiling water and dry a little. Once the slices have cooled, you can start peeling them. The husk will quickly fall behind and be peeled off the slices.
Advice
You can wash your hands after working with garlic using lemon juice, which will easily remove the garlic aroma from your palms.
Secrets of professional chefs
Many chefs working in restaurants and cafes peel large containers of garlic almost daily. To significantly speed up this process, people in this profession use the following methods.
- Method No. 1
Using a sharp knife, remove the top of the garlic clove and place it on a hard surface. Then cover the garlic clove with the wide side of a kitchen knife and press it down. At the same time, you will hear the sound of a characteristic click, which means the bursting of the husk. Remove the knife and peel the garlic. Applying pressure on the garlic clove will make peeling the peel a pleasant experience. By the way, this method also changes the shape of the garlic, making it “crushed.” In other words, with this method you can not only quickly peel the garlic, but also give it the desired shape.
- Method No. 2
This method is indispensable for peeling garlic before salting tomatoes. As you know, the more garlic in salted tomatoes, the more aromatic they become. Take two identical metal bowls and fill one of them with garlic cloves. Cover the first bowl with the second bowl and shake well. You can shake the bowls of garlic for about twenty seconds.Then we remove the top bowl and the peeled garlic cloves are revealed to us. Carefully sort out the peeled husks and cut off the tops. Now the resulting peeled garlic can be used for any purpose.
This method is best used on well-dried cloves.
Advice
After work, you can dip your hands in coffee grounds and the unpleasant smell will go away.
The proposed methods will help you cope with this activity in your favorite kitchen quickly and easily.