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Questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with garlic as a main ingredient.

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What turned my garlic purple?

I decided to use this technique on garlic the other day, when making a garlic and oil sauce for pasta, and was surprised to find that the garlic turned a fairly vivid shade of purple! What happened? … Was it some reaction the garlic had to the boiling? Or could it have been a reaction with the cast iron pan I was using? …
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Any tips on crushing garlic for alioli?

Garlic Press I like to use a garlic press for this sort of thing. You drop a whole clove or two in the device, squeeze, and you get a perfectly smooth garlic paste. … Lay the garlic clove on a cutting board and lay the side of a chef's knife over top of it. Then smack it with the heel of your hand hard enough until you feel the garlic yield under the pressure. …
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Garlic and oil emulsion

A few days back I was making garlic bread. I had pressed garlic into olive oil, added a little salt, and forgot about it for a good half hour or so. … After whisking hard for about 45 minutes, I still basically had a bunch of pressed garlic sitting in a pool of olive oil. What did I do wrong the second time, and what did I do right the first time? …
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