Garlic Peeling Genius
A brilliant idea from Saveur…
How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds from SAVEUR.com on Vimeo.
UPDATE 09/29/11: I tried this trick last night, and I’m sad to say that it didn’t work. But that’s very likely a fault of equipment.
First, I couldn’t smash the head of garlic hard enough with my hand, so I put it between to bamboo cutting boards and gave it a good whack. That worked like a charm! The head came about very easily in a nanosecond. I’m adding this technique to my permanent bag of tricks.
I don’t have metal mixing bowls, so I plopped the cloves into two ceramic bowls and, as instructed, shook like the “dickens.” Nothing! Nothing happened, except my arms got a little tired.
Anyone else make it work?!
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ha ha ha, it works!!! LOVE IT!
Amazing!!! Can’t wait to try it!
Going to have to try that next time I make roast chicken stuffed with garlic.
That looks like magic. I won’t believe it until I try it myself.
OMG it’s MAGIC!!!
This is great. Thanks for sharing.
OMG! Too funny! I’ll give it a try.
I have not tried it yet but I think the shape of his bowls might have been more important than the material. The shape would cause the shaken garlic to roll around a lot which would, I think, help peel it.
I saw this on the kitchn.com first and tried it immediately. it worked for me and I’m THRILLED! When I think of the hours and hours I’ve spent peeling garlic… Wish I’d learned this sooner!
It worked for me! I had to shake it a little longer than he did, and it did give my arms a workout, but it worked. And i used stainless steel bowls.
Just did this with two small plastic storage dishes. Worked. Took about 30 seconds of shaking, but it worked. What a great time saver.
Larry
Cool. Thanks for letting us know, Larry! I think my error was not shaking it long enough. Need to try again. Fun!
I got a little thing from Pampered Chef that you put the garlic into and roll it around to peel it. It works like a charm. I would think any type of circular silicone thing to put the garlic in and roll around would do the same trick.
Use the side (blade) of your knife while laid on its side or the handle. Works like a charm and during prep the knife is almost within ars reach, No devices or rearranging needed.