Garlic cooked in a jar in the microwave using the jar cooking technique? Here’s the recipe to cook whole garlic heads in jars. Do you know the recipe for garlic baked in foil, with a long and slow cooking? Well, from today we can cook garlic in a jar in just a few minutes. After suggesting the recipe for red onions and sweet and sour onions, and after you appreciated the recipe for flavored oils in a jar, I thought you would like this recipe. To make garlic cooked in a jar, simply remove the excess skin from 4 small garlic heads, cut the top off and then place them in a jar. Season with salt, thyme, and oil, close the jar and cook in the microwave. After resting, the garlic in the jar can be stored for 10 days. When you open the jar of cooked garlic, a delicate garlic aroma will be released, and you will have garlic cooked in just a few minutes, which is delicate and more digestible. The cooked garlic can be used for any recipes requiring garlic, spread on bruschetta, or even for a simple tomato sauce. At the end of the recipe, you’ll find how to prepare a garlic paste to store in the refrigerator.
Now, ready, set, jars, and let’s make the fastest garlic cooked in a jar!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Economical
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 10
- Cooking methods: Microwave
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 43.47 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 4.32 (g) of which sugars 0.13 (g)
- Proteins 0.83 (g)
- Fat 2.87 (g) of which saturated 0.41 (g)of which unsaturated 0.03 (g)
- Fibers 0.29 (g)
- Sodium 79.74 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 8 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for Cooking Garlic in a Jar
- 4 garlic (heads)
- 2 pinches salt
- 2 sprigs thyme
- 2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
What You Need to Cook in a Jar in the Microwave
- 1 Microwave Oven
- 1 Jar 500 ml thin-sealed
Procedure
To start, take the garlic heads and clean them of the outermost leaves. Cut off a small portion of the top and remove any roots, trying not to separate the cloves.
Place the garlic heads in the jar, with the cut side facing up. Season with salt, oil, and flavor with thyme.
Clean the rim of the jar, close, and secure. Place the jar of garlic in the microwave and start cooking for 8 minutes at your tested power, I use 600 watts.
After cooking, remove the jar from the microwave and let it rest closed for at least an hour. In this way, the garlic heads will finish cooking at a low temperature, and a vacuum will form in the jar.
Once at room temperature, you can store it in the refrigerator for 10 days.To open the vacuum-sealed jar of garlic, simply pull the seal. Take the cooked garlic heads and squeeze each clove with your fingers, the cooked and creamy garlic will come out from the top.
If you want to have it ready for your future recipes, squeeze all the cloves, letting the garlic pulp fall onto a plate. Mash with a fork and distribute in a small jar with a screw cap. Press the cooked garlic down and cover the surface with a drizzle of oil. Then, store in the refrigerator. It will last 15/20 days and will be ready for use.
Extra Tips for Garlic Cooked in a Jar in the Microwave
Try to fill the jar with more garlic heads; depending on the size, you may need more or fewer.
If you use a lot of garlic in cooking, you can also cook just the garlic cloves in their skins; clearly, many more will fit.
Video Recipe for Garlic Cooked in a Jar
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