I’ve been growing my own garlic for a few years now. By January, I am losing my bulbs- they are getting way too old. This year, I decided to try my hand at making my own garlic powder. Honestly, the most tedious part of the process was breaking up the bulbs, separating the cloves and peeling them. The rest was a breeze! Well, it will be if you have a food processor that can slice everything into paper thin slices, a quality dehydrator which lets you adjust the temperature (I dehydrate at 105 degrees) and a powerful blender to make the powder, no lumps. All worth the investment.
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Here’s what I did:
I used about 12 garlic bulbs- broken down into cloves and peeled. Placed them all in the large feeder tube of my food processor, adjusted the slicing blade to its thinnest setting and started the machine.
It worked perfectly: thin and “sticky” slices - I wanted to make sure not to loose the garlic juices. Divided the slices onto two trays in my dehydrator, set it to 105 degrees and let it work overnight, with one break to stir them up and move the trays to new positions.
Placed everything in my blender and had beautiful, fragrant garlic powder in less than a minute, no lumps! About 250 ml of fragrant garlic powder. To keep it dry, add a small packet of silica gel.
Can’t wait to begin to add to my favourite recipes.
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