How to Clean a Garlic- Italian Food

usually for clean the garlic use your hands, but the smell of garlic, is difficult to remove from your hands...
I'll show you a method to remove the peel of garlic without getting your hands dirty.

but before, a quick explanation for types of garlic preparation

POACHED GARLIC
with this method you use less than 20 percent of taste of garlic, great for someone who does not like the taste of garlic, cooking in the oil and after throw away the garlic
CRUSHED GARLIC
with this method you use more than 50 percent of the taste of garlic, will remain a strong flavour if garlic inside your recipes, also this method cooking in the oil, for typical italian pasta or risotto
GARLIC SLICED
this method is only for those like garlik, because the taste of garlic is really powerful in your recipe...
in italia use this method for coock the typical "spaghetti aglio olio e peperoncino" in english Pasta (spaghetti) with oil chilli and garlic!

for this quick tips you need:
-the garlic
-two bowls

do a hit with the palm of your hand on a garlic, to break in multiple pieces

Put the piece of garlic in one of the two bowl

-put the second bowl on top of the bowl (with inside garlic)

All you need to do now...is:

Shake!

(more or less for 20 second)

Good job!
now opened the bowl and look..
your garlic is perfect clean from peel

if it were some piece of garlic with peel, repeat the process

if you have to clean one piece, put the flat side of the blade on the garlic and push...

Thank You for your attention! :D

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE VIDEO WITH OTHERS TIPS, GO TO THIS LINK:

http://youtu.be/MT9j4i9gCF4


-Ludvic

(and sorry for my bad english)