Every housewife strives to prepare not only delicious, but healthy winter salting. For example, garlic pickled in any way has several advantages over a fresh vegetable. It is softer in taste, it does not have such bitterness, and most importantly, no smell, which means that the “aromatic" consequences of its use are not the same as after eating fresh - you can safely eat a snack and not worry about the freshness of your breath. Not sure how to pickle garlic? Everything is simple here! The main thing is to choose a suitable fruit, which should not be very young, but not quite old.

How to pickle garlic in a classic way

Pickled garlic is an original appetizer or an interesting product for cooking other dishes.

It can be prepared in many ways, the main thing is to choose a vegetable without any defects.

Ingredients count on 2 kg of garlic:

  • 280 ml of vinegar;
  • hot pepper pod;
  • two tablespoons of granulated sugar;
  • horseradish root;
  • two cloves.

Cooking method:

  1. Pour four glasses of filtered water into the container and set it to boil. Then we introduce vinegar and put the prepared seasonings.
  2. Boil the marinade for several minutes and cool to 40 ºС.
  3. We peel the garlic from the peel, distribute it among the containers, fill it with brine and roll it.
  4. In the process of pickling, garlic will change its color to green. Do not be scared, this is a normal process.

You can eat a delicious snack after a month.

Winter harvest recipe

Now we want to share the method of cooking pickled garlic, often used by the French.

They pickle a piquant vegetable with aromatic herbs and serve with dishes from any meat and fish and even just with cheese.

To complete the recipe, you need a kilo of garlic and four glass jars of 350 ml each.

Ingredients:

  • 500 ml of olive oil;
  • four pods of hot pepper;
  • three spoons of a mix of herbs (you can take Provence);
  • 180 ml of vinegar;
  • 8 bay leaves.

Algorithm of actions:

  1. The heads of garlic are cleaned and divided into segments. The jars must be sterilized and put a parsley and a burning pod in each. Then tightly fill them with garlic cloves.
  2. Now fill them with boiling water and after ten minutes drain the water. Instead, we pour 45 ml of vinegar.
  3. Pour 350 ml of water, oil into the pan, put herbs, two tablespoons of sweetener and the same amount of salt. From the moment of boiling, we hold the brine for a couple of minutes and immediately fill them with the contents of the cans.
  4. We twist the containers and after cooling we store the preservation in a cool room. Three weeks later, the snack will be ready.

Whole heads

All fans of such a piquant vegetable will surely enjoy our next recipe. Pickled garlic is not only appetizing, but also does not spoil the freshness of the breath, unlike fresh. We pickle the garlic with heads, and the calculation of spices comes from one kilogram of vegetable.

Ingredients:

  • 420 ml of bite and water;
  • half a glass of regular sweetener;
  • two buds of cloves;
  • ten peas of fragrant pepper;
  • two bay leaves.

Cooking method:

  1. We put dry buds, whole spicy peas and fragrant leaves in a glass container.
  2. Then we pass the plant heads through boiling water and also distribute them in containers.
  3. Now prepare the brine. To this end, pour water with vinegar into a small bowl, keep the composition on fire for five minutes together with a sweetener and a spoon of ordinary fine salt.
  4. We distribute the liquid into the containers, twist them well, wrap them up and let them cool down. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = nYTm6dNFFeQ

Pickled Instant Garlic

If you can’t wait to eat a delicious snack almost tomorrow, then the following recipe is for you. Only three days - and you can enjoy the taste of your favorite treat. One 350-ml jar takes half a kilogram of garlic.

Ingredients:

  • 100 ml of vinegar;
  • a pinch of cinnamon and rosemary;
  • Bay leaf;
  • half hot pepper.

Ingredients:

  1. We divide the garlic into prongs, put in any dish, pour boiling water and leave for several minutes. Then we get it, rinse with cool water and put it in a jar together with chopped hot pepper.
  2. Pour half a cup of water into the stewpan, send a spoonful of sugar and half a tablespoon of salt there, as well as other spices and seasonings.
  3. As soon as the brine begins to boil, boil for a minute and pour it onto the vegetables. We twist the container and after cooling we put it in the cold for two to three days.

How to pickle in Ukrainian

Garlic is pickled not only in Ukraine, but also in other countries, but we want to offer a recipe for exactly Ukrainian cuisine. Garlic turns out spicy and spicy in taste, such an appetizer will always find a place on the festive table. For the recipe, take five garlic heads and three small jars.

Ingredients:

  • red chili pod;
  • whole peas pepper, an umbrella of fragrant dill, currant leaves;
  • two small spoons of the usual fine salt and white sugar;
  • 2 large tablespoons of vinegar.

Cooking method:

  1. We clean the garlic. So that the cleaning process does not take a lot of time, the vegetable can be divided into slices, pour boiling water, and then give them time to cool. The film will be removed in one motion.
  2. We fill the jar with garlic cloves, we send everything else there, with the exception of loose ones.
  3. Now pickle. Pour about a liter of water into the stewpan, pour in loose ingredients and as soon as their granules dissolve, pour the composition into jars. We wait ten minutes and return the liquid to the saucepan, but already with the specified amount of vinegar.
  4. Pour garlic with a hot solution, clog containers. And that’s all. Ukrainian snack is ready.

Beetroot marinade

Pickled garlic for the winter, cooked with a certain amount of beets, is obtained not only gourmet, but also more attractive in appearance. For the recipe you need to take a kilo of vegetable and one beet. The latter can be cut into thin strips or just rub on a grater.

Ingredients:

  • 55 ml of vinegar;
  • a couple of peppercorns;
  • Lavrushka
  • cloves.

Cooking method:

  1. Peeled garlic cloves stand a couple of minutes in hot water and put in a jar with chopped beets. We lay lavrushka and other spices.
  2. Pour a spoonful of salt and the same amount of sweetener into the water and warm for five minutes. Then pour vinegar and remove the solution in a minute. Water them with garlic.
  3. Cork the jar, wrap it up and wait for cooling. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = 3XLczqDIEW8 & t = 4s

Pickled garlic cloves for the winter without sterilization

Spicy garlic can be obtained without sterilization. The appetizer comes out sweet and sour and moderately spicy. Such a piquant vegetable can be served as a regular snack or used in the preparation of various dishes.

Ingredients:

  • 650 g of garlic;
  • tsp ginger
  • two tsp thyme (dried);
  • eight peas of pepper;
  • two bunches of parsley;
  • four leaves of parsley;
  • two dill umbrellas;
  • six tablespoons of vinegar.

Cooking method:

  1. Pour garlic cloves prepared for further procedures, boiling water, dry and put into jars along with chopped parsley and dill umbrellas.
  2. In two liters of water, stir four tablespoons of regular sugar and three tablespoons of salt. Put thyme, lavrushka, peppercorns. As soon as the brine begins to boil, we introduce vinegar and put ginger. Cook for a minute and pour the garlic in the prepared solution.
  3. Tightly twist the container and cool under a warm blanket.

With chili peppers

Fans of all spicy and savory will surely like our recipe for pickled garlic with chili peppers. For cooking, take a jar and as much garlic as can fit in it.

Ingredients:

  • chili (to taste);
  • ½ tablespoon of vinegar essence (70%);
  • sunflower oil.

Cooking method:

  1. We clean the vegetable and put it in a clean, sterilized container.
  2. For the marinade, take a liter of water, boil it together with vinegar and a spoonful of salt.
  3. Pour garlic with a hot solution, cover with a lid and leave for a week.
  4. Then we drain the brine, finely chop the chilli and simmer it for a minute in hot oil.
  5. We send the oil and pepper to the garlic, twist the jar and as soon as the snack has cooled, put it in a cool place. We wait one week, after which you can open the blank and try it. Https: //www.youtube.com/watch? V = jGREZyHfvRs

In onion peel

You can marinate garlic in onion peel. The appetizer comes out both delicious and beautiful. For a recipe, take a kilogram of vegetable.

If you are against vinegar, replace it with lemon juice.

Ingredients:

  • 110 ml bite;
  • seven peas of pepper;
  • eight bay leaves;
  • 3 g of cinnamon;
  • six onions;
  • tablespoon of salt and two tablespoons of sugar.

Cooking method:

  1. Remove the peel from the onion, wash it and dry it. Divide the garlic into prongs and clean from film.
  2. Scalp the garlic cloves with boiling water, rinse and put them in jars together with onion husks.
  3. Pour a little more than a glass of water into the container, pour sugar and salt. Cook until the granules are completely dissolved.
  4. Then we introduce vinegar and after a minute we turn off the burner. Pour the hot solution to the vegetable, twist the container and insist the preparation for three weeks.

Georgian Recipe

Georgian pickled garlic recipe uses tarragon, which gives the appetizer a pleasant piquancy and sour taste. Also, for marinade, part of the water can be replaced with pomegranate juice, thanks to which the taste will become even more saturated.

Ingredients:

  • a kilo of garlic;
  • 280 ml of wine vinegar;
  • 180 ml of water and pomegranate juice;
  • tarragon, peas and red pepper to taste.

Garlic can be marinated not only with the addition of pomegranate juice, but also with the use of grape. The taste of such a workpiece is more sweet.

Cooking method:

  1. We put the cloves of the vegetable, tarragon and pepper into the banks in layers.
  2. For brine, combine water with juice. Boil the composition and stir four tablespoons of salt in it. Then pour vinegar.
  3. Pour the prepared marinade to garlic, twist the container and leave it in the room for two months.

There are many other options for pickling garlic. Everyone chooses for himself what kind of snack he wants to get in the end - spicy, sour or sweeter. But do not forget that despite the delicious taste and undeniable benefits of such a vegetable, you can eat it only in limited quantities.