Fresh or dried Garlic
I'm making kosher dill pickles which calls for one clove of garlic.I have some fresh and wonder if fresh or dried garlic cloves is stronger in flavor
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When a recipe calls for a clove of garlic it almost certainly means fresh. If it was asking for dried it would call for a weight or a volume measurement as dried usually does not come in cloves. One clove isn't particularly helpful though, as garlic cloves vary widely in size depending on the variety of garlic and which part of the bulb you get the clove from. I'd say pick one clove from the outside of a bulb, or 2 small ones from the inside.
Although drying fruits and vegetables usually intensifies flavors, for me drying garlic doesn't do it any favors - it seems to lose power and complexity of flavor, so I'd go fresh every time.
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Although the girth of these fresh heads of garlic is comparable to that of dried, they are in fact immature \u2014 if left to dry, they would shrink to a much smaller size \u2014 and the cloves themselves are pretty small, so the trick to getting your garlic money's worth is to use the whole thing, \xe0 la nose-to-tail.Can I substitute dried minced garlic for fresh?
Dehydrated garlic saves efficient cooks the trouble of peeling and handling fresh cloves. It takes nine pounds of fresh, top-grade California garlic to make a pound of this dehydrated garlic. One eighth of a teaspoon, dried, equals a single medium fresh clove. Dried minced garlic is perfect for soups and stews.Fresh Garlic vs Prepared Garlic: Can You Taste the Difference?
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