How to Freeze Garlic
Here's how to quickly freeze fresh garlic, so you can keep your harvest on hand year-round.
Yield: 16 tablespoons
Equipment
- kitchen blender or food processor
- 1 large sheet pan
- 1 roll parchment paper
- 1 tablespoon
- a few small ziploc bags
Materials
- 6+ heads fresh garlic
Instructions
- Peel paper from garlic bulbs and remove whole cloves.
- Peel every clove and pop it into your kitchen blender or food processor.
- Pulse the machine, until garlic is looks minced.
- Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop garlic out with the tablespoon and level.
- Lightly pack the minced garlic down and tap out onto parchment paper.
- Repeat until garlic is used up.
- Place the entire garlic-lined baking sheet in the freezer.
- Freeze until garlic is solid.
- Remove the frozen, molded garlic and pop into freezer bags.
- Use frozen garlic in your cooking, just like you would fresh stuff.
Notes
Notes: make sure you don't blend garlic cloves for too long, or they will turn into garlic paste. Paste will be difficult to get out of the measuring spoon.
