Gourmet Garlic Cookbook: Enjoying Your Gourmet Garlic
CONTENTS
Foreword
Favorite garlic recipe index
Chef's guide to using gourmet garlic
Basic garlic cooking tips
Garlic flavor profiles 
Picture: Delicious Lorz Italian softneck garlic that has cured for about two weeks. This garlic variety has a flavorful and hot garlic taste. Fresh garlic has a sharper taste than garlic which has cured. Curing dries out the garlic, helps it store longer and gives it a more mellow taste. I enjoy using both fresh and cured garlic in cooking.
FOREWORD
Cooking with garlic can be a fun for any type of cook. Whether you like plain simple easy cooking (like Jane); enjoy welcoming new culinary experiences (like Edna); or want to cook fresh, wholesome and tasty food (like Susan); garlic can work for you!
If you have been cooking with garlic powder or supermarket garlic, you will be surprised at the range of flavors available with fresh gourmet garlic. One of the reasons I started growing garlic was because I was unable to eat supermarket garlic after tasting the 'good stuff'.'
A true garlic lover can tell garlic varieties apart just by the smell! We nomally take a whiff to confirm varieties. There are as many flavors of garlic as there are garlic varieties. We make some general recommendations for the best garlics to pair with ethnic dishes in the Chef's guide to using gourmet garlics but there are no rules. Feel free to experiment!
Garlic flavor even changes as it ages. Garlic fresh from the field has a rawer green bite which slowly mellows into a more complex flavor as the bulb cures. Just like a fine wine, properly 'aged' garlic has the best taste.
GREY DUCK'S FAVORITE GARLIC RECIPES
We invite you to try some of our favorite garlic recipes. Recipes classified under main dishes, pasta dishes, soups, appetizers, and sauces, marinades and rubs.
INDEX
Main Dishes
Beef Heart Meatballs
Chicken Scampi
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
Falling Apart Beef Roast
Fast and Simple Grilled Shrimp with Garlic
Shrimp Scampi
Simple Garlic Fish
Susan's Meat and Cheese Lover's Lasagna
Thai Garlic and Pepper Chicken
Pasta Dishes
Pasta all’arrabiata
Slow Roasted Tomato Pasta
Soups
French Garlic Soup
Mock Turtle Soup
Salmorejo
Appetizers
Creamy Garlic Mushrooms
Roasted Garlic
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Garlic and Wilted Spinach
Susan's Garlic Crab Dip
Sauces, marinades and rubs
Aioli
Charred Chili Sauce
Chimichurri
Garlicky Greek Marinate
Greek Marinate for Lamb Kabobs
Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce
Susan's 3S (Sweet, Sour and Spicy) Garlic Boost
Zingy Garlic Grill Sauce