ZmFiZXI•

Won't the CO2 pressure force honey into the threads of the lid and make a mess? I burp, then give the jar a shake and that is enough to keep everything covered. This way the honey can run back down away from the lid before I have to burp it again.

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Dripper_MNOP•

In the 10-12 hours it's upside down, it doesn't produce enough CO2 to leak (usually). But yes, it can possibly do just that, thus the flat-bottomed bowl.

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benjvida•

This is the first thing I did in my fermentation journey and I think it’s my favorite. Nothing enhances the flavor of the garlic and the sweetness of the honey like this combination does.

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ComplimentaryNods•

Yay!

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So is it just Honey and Garlic? I am new to this type of fermentation. Also what is your recipe?

Thank you for the info.

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Dripper_MNOP•

Yes, just honey and garlic.

A trick to quickly peel garlic; break cloves off a head of garlic, and cut the woody bit off the end of each clove. Put the unpeeled cloves into a quart-sized glass jar. Lid up the jar and shake the hell out of it for 20-30 seconds. Dump out the garlic, any unpeeled will peel easily. Just do one head at a time, adding more than one head, it loses its effectiveness.

If you're using a quart-sized mason/ball jar like in the picture above, fill it with peeled garlic until you reach the topmost line on the jar. Slowly drizzle honey over the garlic in the jar. You'll have to do this two or three times until the mass of garlic is floating 2-3cm off the bottom of the jar.

You'll either have to shake and burp the jar a few times a day, or leave it upside down overnight, and turn upright and burp in the morning. You'll have to do this for a few weeks to a few months, depending on your garlic and on the honey. You can use the garlic as soon as you want, but I think it's best when the cloves are all sunk under the honey and the honey has become the consistency of water.

Raw unpasteurized honey is preferred, and I think organic garlic produces better results.

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Thank you

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Pitiful_Fan_7063•

How do you use it once ready?

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Dripper_MNOP•

You can use it as you would use regular garlic and regular honey.

A spoonful in PG Tips black tea.

Add a couple of tablespoons honey to your bread dough.

Smoosh up some garlic and add it to your garlic cheese bread (Yes, honey garlic and plain garlic can be used together.)

Add honey and some crushed garlic cloves to jarred pasta sauce.

Drizzle honey on burgers, pizza, brats, donuts, anything really.

Add garlic to mac & cheese, boxed or scratch.

You've actually made two ingredients; honey-garlic and garlic-honey. You can use them together or separately. As long as you enjoy what you've made, there is no wrong way to use these.

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murphalurffffff•

Came here to ask this!!

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Pitiful_Fan_7063•

I actually have one going myself, but not idea what to do with it… whoops!

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