Garlic Recipes

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Published: 07/03/2008 - Updated: 05/14/2019

• Author: Nayeli Reyes

Garlic has a very good reputation both for health and for use as a main ingredient of many dishes, especially in the Mediterranean where it is used in soups, stews, salads, fish, etc.

Among many of its endless virtues, garlic is a natural remedy that is used for respiratory problems such as asthma, bronchitis, tuberculosis, etc. It is an ideal natural antiseptic with excellent results in combating rheumatism, cholesterol, toxemia, allergies, alopecia, etcetera. What better than taking garlic while enjoying a delicious meal.

Delicious recipes with Garlic

Garlic soup

Yield: 5 to 6 personas

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 50 grams of vegetarian ham
• 150 g of sliced bread or toast
• 6 cups of vegetable broth 
• 1 small onion
• 1 teaspoon of paprika
• 1 teaspoon of parsley
• olive oil

Procedure

1. Fry in a pan bread slices thinly sliced , in plenty of oil until golden brown. Remove the oil from the pan, leaving a little to fry the garlic .
2. Fry the whole garlic cloves and chopped onion, remove from heat and add the paprika, stirring . Add the ham.
3. Add the broth, remove the garlic and put back into the fire. Add the bread and soak well, parsley, salt and let simmer for 10 minutes
4. Either in a large clay pot or in small individual ramekins, crack the eggs on top of the soup and place in the preheated oven until set clear.

Eels with Garlic

Yield: 4 to 5 servings

Ingredients

• 800 gr. of eels cooked
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 chilli
• salt and pepper

Procedure

1. Wash the eels cooked very well under running cold water and let stand on a piece of paper towel
2. Fill a saucepan with water and salt, and when it is boiling take eels. Stir until they are white. Remove and drain on a kitchen towel.
3. Put oil in a pan and fry the sliced garlic over a low heat. Cut the chilli and add to the garlic. Remove. When ready, let cool slightly, remove a little oil and add the eels.
4. Remove all very well, climbing the fire. When everything is hot and bubbling, remove and place in a bowl.
5. Garnish with parsley leaves and serve.

Vegetarian meat with garlic

Serves: 4 people

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• 4 large pieces of vegetarian meat
• 1 large onion
• 500 gr of cherry tomatoes
• 3 cloves of garlic
• salt and pepper
• Basil ( fresh or canned )
• balsamic vinegar
• 120 gr. of feta cheese

Procedure

1. Heat a tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté. Put aside.
2. Heat 1/2 tablespoon of oil in the same pan. Add the chopped vegetables and fry back.
3. Place on a tray in the oven at 100 ° to keep cool.
4. Add another 1/2 tablespoon of oil in the same pan add onions sautéed with tomatoes, garlic and basil chopped. Stir over medium-high heat until the tomatoes are soft. Add a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar ( or sherry ), salt and pepper.
5. Place the tenderloin on a platter and put the mixture on top. Chop and sprinkle feta cheese over everything.
6. Place under the grill for 2 minutes and serve.

Cabañil Garlic

This recipe is simple: is to mix crushed garlic in a mortar with tablespoons of vinegar to sauté especially with meat, tofu, fish, vegetables, etc. . Also you can do with potatoes cut into slices.

The cabañil garlic with mashed potatoes is as follows:

Ingredients

• 1 kilo of potatoes
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 3 tablespoons of vinegar
• 2 tablespoons of water
• Salt

Procedure

1. Cut the potatoes into slices and fry over low heat in the oil.
2. Prepare cabañil garlic (you can add cumin).
3. Pour the contents of the mortar with the garlic and vinegar in the pan of potatoes, stir and add salt and pepper to taste.
4. This can be done also with soy meat.

Vegetarian lasagna with cottage cheese garlic

Serves: 4-5 people

Ingredients

• 1 Package of lasagna
• 750 grams of vegetarian meat minced
• 2 cups of cooked tomatoes, crushed, drained
• Seasoning to taste
• 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• Italian spices (basil , oregano , dried coriander and pepper ) to taste
• 1 can of sliced mushrooms
• 200 grams of grated mozzarella cheese
• 100 grams of cottage cheese

Procedure

1. Brown the garlic in heavy saucepan with a little olive oil.
2. Incorporate vegetarian meat and let it stew.
3. Add the mushrooms.
4. Season with spices and grind salt. Incorporate tomato puree and allow to stew slightly. Remove from heat.
5. Preheat oven at medium to high temperature .
6. While grease a lasagna pan with oil. Arrange one by one preventing lasagna sheets are spliced and forming a first layer, add a portion of vegetarian meat stew enough to cover the first layer of lasagna.
7. Sprinkle a portion of mozzarella cheese and cover with another layer of lasagna, another portion of meat and mozzarella cheese , and so on until you finish the stew (about four or five layers).
8. Finally add up cottage cheese.
9. Put in the oven and lower medium temperature.
10. Bake about 40 minutes.
11. You can substitute vegetarian for tuna, vegetables, tofu , etc.

• Nayeli Reyes

  Nayeli is an expert cook, with the title of Chef by the International Culinary School of Guadalajara (Mexico), where she obtained the honorable mention for her great talent and dedication. In Biomanantial.com she presents her best recipes so that we can prepare them easily.