When I first started experimenting with cooking I knew a
couple things: I loved onions and I loved garlic. Both are still true today,
but I today I actually know how to prepare those ingredients. When I started
cooking alone, I could figure out how to chop an onion fairly easily (the
hardest part was gaining enough confidence to slice evenly) but it took me a
while to figure out how to get the garlic out of its skin. I used to slice off
the bottom (where it attached to the bulb) and then try to get the knife tip
underneath the skin and slice upwards.
As you can image, this resulted in more than one bloody
knuckle.
This technique is one of my favorites. You basically smash
the garlic clove while it’s still in its skin. This allows you to easily peel
the skin off and gets the clove nice
and flat, making it all the easier to slice for usage. Plus smashing things
with knives is just cool.
Step 1: Lay Garlic flat on chopping board
Step 2: Press flat side of knife with the palm of your hand
firmly down, cracking the garlic clove
Step 3: Remove skin from clove!
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