Garlic In Apetina Packs

[bond]

Does anyone else buy those little Apetina semi circle packs that contain feta, olives and garlic? I want to know how they get the garlic like that, ie it is not really raw or strong but neither is it soft or mushy or seemingly "cooked". Many thanks.

[Fitzer]

I don't know the specific brand you mean but at a guess I'd say it was pickled as I've often had such as part of tapas or meze.

[Mamyalynne]

It's probably the oil that has slightly cooked and softened the garlic - you could try blanching a few cloves and adding to oil in a container to see how it goes.

https://www.apetina.com/en/products/apetina-green-olives--garlic-portion-pack-in-oil/

[gingejbee]

Yes, you can blanch the garlic cloves and submerge in oil...but (without proper sterilisation) they can only be stored for a few days in the fridge...and never at room temperature. Commercially-produced preserved garlic has all the necessary sterilisation etc.

[Mamyalynne]

I agree and I should have added that rider to my reply.

You can buy peeled cloves in jars in oil.

[gingejbee]

Yes, mamy, apparently ideal conditions for botulism, if not done correctly.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, I don't use a lot of garlic so I get by with a tube of puree.

[-SharonA-]

I've just hurriedly emptied my garlic oil bottle containing cloves of garlic that I had put in. I did not know they had to be sterilised before.