Pickled Smoked Garlic
Nothing beats easy pickled smoked garlic, but not only is it delicious it’s so easy to make! Pickled garlic has so many uses, a great way to eat them is by chopping them finely and putting them on baked potatoes, salads, and whatever else strikes my fancy. And when I’m not feeling good I love to eat these whole right out of the jar, garlic has so many health benefits.
This easy recipe for Pickled Smoked Garlic calls only for five ingredients and is a cinch to make. So don’t hesitate to dive right in and make these, because you won’t regret it.
How do you preserve fresh garlic?
This is your answer! Canning garlic makes it so easy to add zing to any dish, just pop that lid open and you have garlic happiness. I keep these jars of home-canned garlic always stocked in my pantry.
All it takes is canning jars and a water bath canner. By heating up the brine pouring it over the garlic, sealing the lids, and putting them in a water bath for a set amount of time, you will have your own canned garlic to stock your pantry.
I’m going to add a video to this post, from our Youtube channel. It’s a slow living day at our home, but I show myself canning garlic. It’s shown in an artistic relaxing way, not so much a tutorial, but a video to encourage and inspire.
Pickled Smoked Garlic
Ingredients
- 3 cups vinegar
- 6 cups water
- 8 tablespoons pickling salt
- 1/4 teaspoon alum
- 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke per jar
- Garlic peeled
Instructions
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Heat vinegar, water, salt to a full boil. Pour over peeled garlic in pint jars. (I buy pre-peeled organic garlic at Costco in bags) Pour 1/2 teaspoon of liquid smoke per jar and process ten min. according to your canning manual.
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If you don't like the smoked flavor, add a little dill to the jars and omit liquid smoke.
How long before you can eat the pickled garlic after canning it?
If you want them really pickled I wait 2-4 weeks. However, I often pop a jar open within a couple of days and it tastes really good, just a little fresher. Another question I have been asked about this recipe is how many pints does it make? About 9 pints with the brine. You can make less or more just reduce or make more brine.
Cozy Kitchen
I love to can, and I am always trying something new in my kitchen. Filling my pantry with homemade goodness made by my own hands is a big hobby of mine. I get asked where I get things for my cozy kitchen, so here are some links!
My Favorite Items around our Cozy Kitchen:
Cozy Christmas Baking Cookbook
12 Qt Electric Pressure Canner
Retro Portable Transistor Radio
Silpat Premium Non-Stick Silicone Baking Mat
Cosmo Dual Fuel Range with 5 Gas Burners, Electric Convection Oven
Water Bath Canner with Glass Lid
Norpro Canning Essentials Boxed Set
Pickled garlic and I hope you enjoy this recipe!
This handy garlic press is the best if you’re looking for a heavy-duty press for your kitchen. And if you like piling garlic on everything as I do, try out my yummy homemade pizza recipe. I love adding these canned pickled smoked garlic to my Christmas hamper baskets as well, everyone that I gift them to, is thrilled over these little gems of garlic goodness.
How do use garlic in and around the kitchen, would love to know?
What do you do with the alum?
I always wondered that myself? It’s to keep things firm when pickled, but as long as you start with good firm garlic you don’t really need it.:)
How many pints does this make! Thanks!
How much garlic? A pound?
I buy the bag a Costco all ready peeled feel jars and add the brine. I make as much brine as is needed to can all the garlic, I don’t remember off the top of my head.
How long does this need to sit before consuming?
I would try to wait 3-4 weeks before consuming, it will help the garlic mellow and allow the flavors to meld. 🙂