@maninayton Ponders What To Do With A Glut Of Garlic

It's that time of year when the garden produces an abundance of produce. This can lead to problems when you have a sudden rush of one type of veg. In this case garlic. What do you do with a glut of garlic?

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Garlic Puree

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One of the easiest ways of preserving garlic I have found is to make it into a puree.

You need

• About fifty cloves of garlic
• Two tablespoons of olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

And that's it for the ingredients.

• Remove any loose skin from the garlic cloves and place into slightly salted boiling water for about twenty minutes.

• Drain and allow to cool.

• Remove any hard ends of the cloves and take off the skin. It should just fall away after the boiling.

• Add the olive oil and mash with a fork until a puree is formed. Add salt and pepper if desired.

The puree will keep in the fridge for a few days but, as you will notice in the above photo, we fill up an ice cube tray and freeze these little blocks of garlicky goodness.

Once frozen remove from the tray and store in a zip lock bag in the freezer until required. One (or more!) cube dropped into your dish while cooking makes things quick and easy.

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