Homemade Garlic Powder
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 Bulbs Garlic
- 1 Tablespoon Long Grain Rice
Instructions
- To begin, break cloves off of the bulbs of garlic. Gently smash the cloves to remove the skin. Repeat the process until you are left with cloves with no skins.6 Bulbs Garlic
- Using the mandoline, place cloves in the chute, and chop them into thin slices.
- After slicing, line your dehydrator trays with parchment rounds. Begin placing sliced garlic on the paper. Do not overlap garlic. If you have some garlic that is too thick, place all the thicker garlic on the same tray.
- Place trays in the dehydrator and set the temperature to 125° and timer to 8 hours. You'll want to start checking garlic at 8 hours but can take up to 12 hours.
- When the garlic is dry, remove it from the dehydrator, and repeat the steps above until all garlic is dried. Allow garlic to cool before proceeding to the next step.
- Working in small batches, place garlic slices into the spice grinder and grind for 60 – 90 seconds. The garlic should be a powder when finished.
- Once the garlic is in powder form, use a fine mesh strainer to remove any pieces that didn't get ground. You may want to dry your garlic powder in the oven on the lowest setting for 1-2 hours, that's an optional step and is based on how your powder looks.
- Store garlic powder in an airtight jar with a desiccant and or a bag of rice inside.1 Tablespoon Long Grain Rice
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Angie’s Notes
- Having clumping issues? Add rice to a cotton bag and sit inside the garlic. I prefer using a desiccant and rice and haven’t had any clumping issues.
- Turn your garlic powder into garlic salt by placing 1 Tablespoon of garlic powder with 1 teaspoon salt in your spice grinder. Grind into a powder & taste. If too salty, add more garlic, if not salty enough, add more salt!
- Make your own garlic powder blend by using different varieties of garlic.
Why I Love This Garlic Powder
For starters, this garlic powder is better than any store-bought garlic powder I’ve ever bought! That’s the main reason I love this recipe so much. My next reason for loving this recipe is how easy it is to make and customize.
Read this week’s post to learn more about how to grow your own garlic!
Home Grown Garlic Powder
When you are planning your garden, I highly recommend including garlic in your plans. Not only is garlic edible, but it also helps deter pests from the garden.
Garlic is one of the easiest things to grow in the garden. When buying garlic, I recommend buying from a trusted source – I like Territorial Seed, but check with local gardening groups for garlic that can be sourced locally to you!
How To Plant Garlic
- Most climates plant in the fall.
- Separate the bulb of the garlic into individual cloves, I work over a box so I can catch any “paper” that may fall off. Do not peel the cloves!
- Plant 2″ deep and about 4″ apart, if you are using elephant garlic, you will need to add more space in between.
- The pointed side of the clove should be facing up.
- Plant in rows 6″ apart. Mulch with straw, leaves, etc.
- I live in Colorado and we get enough snow that I don’t need to water my garlic. If this is your first time growing, I would check the moisture of the soil at least once a month and decide if you should water it.
- You will harvest a few weeks after 1/3 of the green leaves have died – always pull 1 bulb to check size, etc. if not satisfied, allow to grow longer.
That’s all I have for this week, short and sweet! I must get back to creating gifts.
What garlic questions do you have? Will you grow garlic in your garden? Let me know in the comments!
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