Dear
friends, I believe that you have tasted the potato chips,have you ever tasted
the garlic chips?
朋友们，相信您一定已嚐过薯条，您可否嚐过蒜片呢 ?
Garlic
is widely used around the world for its pungent flavor as a seasoning or
condiment.
The
garlic plant's
bulb is the most
commonly used part of the plant. With the exception of the single clove types,
garlic bulbs are normally divided into numerous fleshy sections called
cloves. Garlic cloves are used for consumption (raw or cooked)
or for medicinal purposes. They have a characteristic pungent, spicy
flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with
cooking.
Other
parts of the garlic plant are also edible. The
leaves and
flowers (
bulbils) on the
head (
spathe) are sometimes eaten. They are milder in flavor than
the bulbs, and are most often consumed while immature and still tender. Immature
garlic is sometimes pulled, rather like a scallion, and sold as "green
garlic"
] When green
garlic is allowed to grow past the "scallion" stage, but not permitted to fully
mature, it may produce a garlic "round", a bulb like a boiling onion, but not
separated into cloves like a mature bulb. Additionally, the immature flower
stalks (
scapes) of
the hardneck and elephant types are sometimes marketed for uses similar to
asparagus in
stir-fries.
Inedible
or rarely eaten parts of the garlic plant include the "skin" and root cluster.
The papery, protective layers of "skin" over various parts of the plant are
generally discarded during preparation for most culinary uses, though in
Korea immature whole heads are sometimes prepared
with the tender skins intact. The root cluster attached to the
basal plate of the bulb is the only part not typically
considered palatable in any form.
Garlic
is a fundamental component in many or most dishes of various regions, including
eastern Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, northern Africa,
southern Europe, and parts of South and Central America. The
flavour varies in intensity and aroma with the different cooking methods. It is
often paired with
onion,
tomato, or
ginger. The parchment-like skin is much like the skin of an
onion, and is typically removed before using in raw or cooked form. An
alternative is to cut the top off the bulb, coat the cloves by dribbling
olive oil (or other oil-based seasoning) over them,
and roast them in an
oven.
Garlic softens and can be extracted from the cloves by squeezing the (root) end
of the bulb, or individually by squeezing one end of the clove. In Korea, heads
of garlic are fermented at high temperature; the resulting product, called
black garlic, is sweet and syrupy, and is now being sold in
the
United States,
United
Kingdom and
Australia.
Garlic
may be applied to breads to create a variety of classic dishes, such as
garlic bread,
garlic toast,
bruschetta, crostini and
canapé.
Oils
can be flavored with garlic cloves. These infused oils are used to season all
categories of
vegetables, meats, breads and
pasta.
In
some cuisines, the young bulbs are pickled for three to six weeks in a mixture
of sugar, salt, and spices. In eastern Europe, the shoots are pickled and eaten
as an appetizer.
Immature
scapes are tender and edible. They are also known as "garlic spears", "stems",
or "tops". Scapes generally have a milder taste than the cloves. They are often
used in stir frying or braised like asparagus. Garlic leaves are a popular
vegetable in many parts of Asia. The leaves are cut, cleaned, and then
stir-fried with eggs, meat, or vegetables.
Mixing
garlic with egg yolks and olive oil produces
aioli. Garlic,
oil, and a chunky base produce
skordalia. Blending garlic,
almond, oil, and
soaked bread produces
ajoblanco.
Garlic
powder has a different taste from fresh garlic. If used as a substitute for
fresh garlic, 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder is equivalent to one clove of
garlic.
(sources:
wikipedia)
Remove the skin of the garlic,wash
and drain
将蒜头去皮，洗干净，待乾。。。。。。。。。
Slice the garlic into thin
pieces...
将蒜粒切成薄片。。。。。。。。
Boil a pot of water, put the sliced garlic in the hot
water, blanch it slightly..
煮一锅热水，将蒜片放入水中，轻轻烫一烫。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
Remove the sliced garlic from the water and drain it.................................................
Place the sliced garlic on the
dehydrator, to dehydrate it for 6 or 8 hours at 70 degree
从锅中取出蒜片，除去水份。。。
将蒜片放在烘干机上，以70度，烘6 或
8个小时。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
Mix the dehydrated garlic chips and
sugar in a mixing bowl..
在一大碗内将烘好的蒜片和白糖拌均。。。。。。。。。。。
Ingredients:
Garlic 300 g
Sugar ( it depends on your taste)
Method (Please refer to the above)
