Garlic contains many useful substances and is a fairly high-calorie product. On the one hand, it is not worth worrying about excess weight at all, because because of the sharpness this vegetable is usually consumed in small quantities. On the other hand, it is considered a strong appetite booster.
Thanks to its piquant taste and characteristic smell, garlic has become popular with chefs from many countries of the world. In Italian cuisine, for example, cooking almost any dish begins with dripping a little olive oil into a frying pan, putting a few cloves of garlic on it, frying them for a short time so that they give off flavor, and then adding the main ingredients. Interestingly, in addition to the heads themselves, when preparing various dishes, it is quite possible to use the leaves and arrows of the plant.
It is impossible to ignore the fashionable culinary trend of recent years – black garlic. To the surprise of many, it turns out that this is not a special variety at all, but just an unusual way of cooking. Garlic heads are exposed to elevated temperatures for a long time (2-3 weeks) (about 40 ° C). As a result, after a series of chemical reactions, garlic bulbs begin to darken and turn black. At the same time, they have a sweet taste, and they lose their characteristic garlic smell, while retaining almost all the properties of a fresh vegetable. Note to lovers of exotic dishes: in the town of Gilroy (USA) they sell garlic jam. This, of course, is not a dessert, but rather a sweet-spicy sauce that goes well with meat. Here you can also find an unusual garlic ice cream. They also sell baked garlic in Gilroy. When exposed to high temperature, the vegetable loses its sharpness and becomes very soft. Here it is served with meat or simply spread on bread.
As for the combination with other products, garlic is advised to combine with whole grain cereals (oatmeal, buckwheat, wheat, etc.), which contain a lot of zinc and iron. Garlic contributes to the better assimilation of these elements. Also, this vegetable is harmoniously combined with parsley, cilantro, black pepper and watercress.
Finally, a few words about the unloved garlic smell, which is so difficult to get rid of after eating. As mentioned earlier, just “chewing” this flavor with gum will not work, because it leaves the body not only with breathing, but also with other secretions. However, scientists still came to the conclusion that animal fats can help to drive away the intrusive smell from the body faster. For example, you can eat garlic with cheese or drink milk. Lemon, apple and mint leaves can also help. In addition, garlic loses its smell during heat treatment.
I am sharing with you a recipe for quick pickled cabbage that I received from my friend’s mom 40 years ago. The recipe is relevant for apartments where there is nowhere to store cans with preservation. You just need to prepare a liter jar of such cabbage, eat it and repeat when you want. The only thing I change in the recipe is the amount of vinegar and its concentration over the years, because I can hardly eat spicy now, then I use grape vinegar in cabbage, and before that I pour the essence with vinegar. This is a very tasty cabbage, sweet, from which it is simply impossible to tear yourself away! The perfect match for it will be fragrant potatoes baked in cream.
My favorite tzatziki recipe! All the ingredients are prepared and measured in such a way that the quality of this Greek sauce pleases with its taste and appearance. Tzatziki is so versatile that it is ideal for any dish of meat, poultry, it can be eaten with fresh bread, potatoes and pita bread. Highly recommended!
And I’m back to you with a chicken recipe! A very tasty, easy-to-prepare dish made from available ingredients and its ideal pair is tzadziki. Come visit!
Fragrant duck baked with pomegranate sauce is a real Christmas dish! Tender meat with a crispy crust, delicious filling. Pomegranate sauce combined with honey gives not only a magical taste, but also a wonderful glaze.
A simple and delicious salad. In the eggplant season, various salads are prepared with them – both spicy and spicy, it seems, and the sets of vegetables are almost the same, and spices, and the proportions or cooking method have changed a little, and a new taste of salad is ready! In the salad, all vegetables that are not thermally processed, except eggplants, put butter.
Simple, affordable, and most importantly, very tasty! I continue to introduce you to the wonderful Greek cuisine. Gyros is thinly sliced or planed (not in our case, but I will try to introduce another recipe) pork or poultry meat, very popular in Greece, and the ideal pair for it, of course, will be a Greek tortilla-lavash. Who is interested and those who love Greek cuisine, I invite you to visit!
