Recipes

Just discovered this recipe today in china have managed to find a recipe for it online - helps get a garlic and pickle fix in one.

Chinese Sweet Pickled Garlic Recipe 

Equipment

1 glass jar with air tight lid

Ingredients
3-4 heads garlic
2 tsp salt
1 cup rice vinegar (also distilled white vinegar/white wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar can work but all create different flavours)
1 cup white sugar (if using balsamic vinegar use brown sugar)

Directions
Peel off outer layers of garlic skins until only the skin on the separate garlic cloves are left. Rinse the cloves well under running water. Soak in cool distilled water for a day, changing the water a few times. Remove cloves from water, drip dry, spread out on non reactive dish, sprinkle with salt. Let sit in a cool spot for 3 days, turning over a couple of times a day.

Drain well and place into a clean dry air-tight glass jar. Mix the vinegar and sugar well in a bowl until sugar is melted. Pour into the jar until the garlic cloves are covered. Use a small porcelain dish to weigh the cloves down so that all the cloves are immersed in liquid. Close the air tight lid and keep the jar in a dark corner for 1 month and a half. Remove skins before eating.