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KenK

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Mar 15, 2012, 1:49:45 PM3/15/12
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I posted about this problem some time ago but nothing then helped. Perhaps
there are some new posters here now.

How can I get the taste of garlic, which I love, in my bread machine bread?
Problem I have is if I add a TBS or so of powdered garlic I can't taste it.
If I add anough to taste - twice or more that amount, the bread that
normally rises well rises very poorly. Adding gluten doesn't seem to help.
Maybe a TBS per cup of flour not enough? I use King Arthur bread flour
which normally doesn't need added gluten. Maybe minced garlic? Suggestions?
I've tried this in several different bread recipes that work well
otherwise.

Same problem with cheese. I usually use grated parmesan.

TIA

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KingOfGlop

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Mar 15, 2012, 4:22:43 PM3/15/12
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Powdered garlic? Never used it. If you want a rich, deep garlic
flavour roast a head of garlic for each 500 g flour at 190C for
about 45 mins to 1 hour or until the cloves are REALLY soft. then just
squeeze the soft garlic paste out of the cloves and into the flour.

Cheese can definitely interfere with the structure of bread if used
in large amounts. Eggs added to the mix seem to stabilise the crumb's
structure.

Love

John

Janet Bostwick

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Mar 22, 2012, 2:25:53 AM3/22/12
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On 15 Mar 2012 17:49:45 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:

>I posted about this problem some time ago but nothing then helped. Perhaps
>there are some new posters here now.
>
>How can I get the taste of garlic, which I love, in my bread machine bread?
>Problem I have is if I add a TBS or so of powdered garlic I can't taste it.
>If I add anough to taste - twice or more that amount, the bread that
>normally rises well rises very poorly. Adding gluten doesn't seem to help.
>Maybe a TBS per cup of flour not enough? I use King Arthur bread flour
>which normally doesn't need added gluten. Maybe minced garlic? Suggestions?
>I've tried this in several different bread recipes that work well
>otherwise.
>
>Same problem with cheese. I usually use grated parmesan.
>
>TIA

Garlic is antibactirial, antifungal and anti viral. It will restrict
the yeast growth. The most successful bread that I have eaten
contains whole garlic cloves in the dough. This topic has been
discussed here before with, to my knowledge, no clear answer. I've
wondered whether you incorporate raw, whole garlic cloves in the dough
and depend upon the baking of the dough to cook them. I think I would
try to knead the cloves into the dough after the first rise just
before shaping. That doesn't help you since you are using a bread
machine.

Anyway, I think your problem with the garlic powder is that the powder
is distributed throughout the dough and has the time to hydrate and
inhibit the yeast growth. I think the way around this is whole, raw
garlic cloves. I haven't had the opportunity to try this out for
myself, so you would be doing us all a favor by doing a test run for
the group.

Janet

Martin Eastburn

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Mar 22, 2012, 7:56:29 PM3/22/12
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As one who is allergic to Garlic - it contains Sulfite and other sulfur
products. Sulfur is deadly on many things. My family tree comes from
the Eastern section of England and Norway. It wasn't in the diet and
causes problems when it is.

Martin

KenK

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Mar 23, 2012, 1:20:46 PM3/23/12
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Janet Bostwick <nos...@cableone.net> wrote in
news:nkglm7dmm4j91s5ff...@4ax.com:
I'll pick up some garlic cloves when I go grocery shopping tomorrow and
try a few in my next loaf. I usually use about three cups flour. Two
cloves? Three? Suggestions?

TIA

Ken

Martin Eastburn

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Mar 23, 2012, 10:04:49 PM3/23/12
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I'd Roast them - golden brown - then finely chop - and
and at the last punch down - when nuts and other items are to be added.

Flavor to be there - most of the hot sulfur boiled off. Yeast mostly
grown - one last rise.

Martin

Motzarella

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Mar 24, 2012, 5:39:34 PM3/24/12
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"Janet Bostwick" wrote in message
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I just love garlic in my bread. The thought is how can you incorporate the
flavor without the sharpness. I have found the best solution for me is to
first roast the garlic. I usually buy my peeled garlic at Costco. Cut each
clove in half and place in a small saucepan, filled with a quarter cup of
olive oil. Let simmer as low as you can until they are soft. Remove the
cloves from the pan and let cool. Reserve the oil for other uses.

Alan

KenK

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Mar 25, 2012, 9:17:01 AM3/25/12
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A loaf is baking now with three large raw garlic cloves. I'll let you
know tomorrow how it works out.

KenK

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Mar 26, 2012, 12:56:47 PM3/26/12
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KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote in news:XnsA0213FEFB4957invalidcom@
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Didn't work. A couple of garlic globs. Faint, if any, garlic taste. Not
worth it.

Ken

graham

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Mar 26, 2012, 2:34:00 PM3/26/12
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"KenK" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote in message
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So why not follow all the advice you've been given here?


Janet Bostwick

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Mar 26, 2012, 3:07:26 PM3/26/12
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Does your recipe call for any oil? If so, I think I would try Alan's
method of pan roasting the garlic and use both the garlic and oil in
the recipe. Did the bread rise o.k. with the garlic in pieces instead
of using garlic powder? If so, go back and try a slightly different
approach. Ask Alan how he does his garlic bread.
Janet

Ophelia

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Mar 26, 2012, 3:57:53 PM3/26/12
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"graham" <g.st...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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After all this I think I would make some good bread and spread garlic and
oil on it to eat!


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graham

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Mar 26, 2012, 6:28:24 PM3/26/12
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"Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
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On Saturday I included a few whole garlic cloves with the taters when i
roasted them then spread the resulting paste onto some bread {:-)
Graham


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Motzarella

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Mar 27, 2012, 1:53:12 AM3/27/12
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"Janet Bostwick" wrote in message
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Janet,

The best way that I can reply to that is to remember one thing. What is the
scent flavor that you are seeking. A good garlic bagel has a hint of garlic
in it. Anymore, and the question is have you turned it into a garlic bread
to accompany spaghetti.

In my bagels, I make both onion and garlic. I roast both before using them
in the dough. Add a bit of the impregnated oil as well. So, when you bite
into your bread, you get a sense of the flavor, not THE flavor.

Alan

Motzarella

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Mar 27, 2012, 1:55:30 AM3/27/12
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"Leon Manfredi" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:39:34 -0700, "Motzarella" <alz...@frontier.com>
wrote:
I used to do it that way too, till I discovered, reading somewhere, that to
get
the best tasting garlic bread ever,was to after toasting (still warm), was
to
take a clove of garlic, peeled or unpeeled for better gripping, between you
thumb and forefinger, and rub it across the just toasted bread...

Perhaps, if what you want is to accompany spaghetti. If you want the raw
flavor added to the bread, not the dough. There is a huge difference.
Alan

Ophelia

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Mar 27, 2012, 3:47:23 AM3/27/12
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"graham" <g.st...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>
>> After all this I think I would make some good bread and spread garlic and
>> oil on it to eat!
>
> On Saturday I included a few whole garlic cloves with the taters when i
> roasted them then spread the resulting paste onto some bread {:-)
> Graham

THAT sounds like a keeper :))))

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Janet Bostwick

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Mar 27, 2012, 8:24:32 AM3/27/12
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:57:53 +0100, "Ophelia" <Oph...@Elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:

>
>"graham" <g.st...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>>
>> "KenK" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:XnsA022652DAD...@130.133.4.11...
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>>>>
>>>> A loaf is baking now with three large raw garlic cloves. I'll let you
>>>> know tomorrow how it works out.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Didn't work. A couple of garlic globs. Faint, if any, garlic taste. Not
>>> worth it.
>>>
>> So why not follow all the advice you've been given here?
>
>After all this I think I would make some good bread and spread garlic and
>oil on it to eat!

But O, that's not what this group is all about. We experiment until
we get what we want ;o)
Janet

Ophelia

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Mar 27, 2012, 9:20:38 AM3/27/12
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"Janet Bostwick" <nos...@cableone.net> wrote in message
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Troo :))




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KenK

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Mar 27, 2012, 1:22:08 PM3/27/12
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Janet Bostwick <nos...@cableone.net> wrote in
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Yes, 3 TBS.

> If so, I think I would try Alan's
> method of pan roasting the garlic and use both the garlic and oil in
> the recipe.

Good idea.

> Did the bread rise o.k. with the garlic in pieces instead
> of using garlic powder?

Yes.

> If so, go back and try a slightly different
> approach. Ask Alan how he does his garlic bread.
> Janet
>



Serene Vannoy

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May 27, 2012, 3:08:50 PM5/27/12
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On 03/15/2012 10:49 AM, KenK wrote:
> I posted about this problem some time ago but nothing then helped. Perhaps
> there are some new posters here now.
>
> How can I get the taste of garlic, which I love, in my bread machine bread?
> Problem I have is if I add a TBS or so of powdered garlic I can't taste it.
> If I add anough to taste - twice or more that amount, the bread that
> normally rises well rises very poorly. Adding gluten doesn't seem to help.
> Maybe a TBS per cup of flour not enough? I use King Arthur bread flour
> which normally doesn't need added gluten. Maybe minced garlic? Suggestions?
> I've tried this in several different bread recipes that work well
> otherwise.

I read that garlic inhibits yeast growth, so I stopped trying to put
garlic directly into the dough, but I bake all my bread-machine-kneaded
bread in the oven, anyway, so it's easy to add garlic at the end. My
favorite lately was this:
http://www.momfoodproject.com/2011/12/08/garlic-herb-monkey-bread/

>
> Same problem with cheese. I usually use grated parmesan.

I read somewhere that cheese or other sharp-edged things added too soon
cuts the strings of gluten, so I add it after the "add stuff" beep goes
off, and don't have any problems.

Serene
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Martin Eastburn

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May 27, 2012, 11:57:58 PM5/27/12
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Garlic contains a great deal of Sulfur chemicals and the chemical
reactions abound. That is also very dangerous to those with one kidney.
The kidney's produces enzymes that process or digest. When the kidney
runs out of said enzyme needed, the sulfur attacks the kidney and blood
vessels. (Think DI-alysis and stroke / aneurism.

No doubt it makes stuff taste better but it isn't cooking. It is taking
the fast way out and the 30 minute meal, not an hour or two
that spices take to simmer to life the same taste (or like).

Yes - I'm short of enzymes - I got this from both parents. And it is
life changing once your start to kill off parts of you.

Older folk are also in trouble - they have paid the rate for many years.

Yellow and thus Green dyes used in food contain Sulfur radicals. -

What I lost thus far - all in one night - no more cheese and no more
cocoa or chocolate and more. Over dosed at my 42 birthday party pushed
me over the edge.

Be careful out there. Some water supplies have it within.

Martin

graham

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May 28, 2012, 12:04:54 AM5/28/12
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"Martin Eastburn" <lion...@consolidated.net> wrote in message
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> Garlic contains a great deal of Sulfur chemicals and the chemical
> reactions abound. That is also very dangerous to those with one kidney.
> The kidney's produces enzymes that process or digest. When the kidney
> runs out of said enzyme needed, the sulfur attacks the kidney and blood
> vessels. (Think DI-alysis and stroke / aneurism.
>
> No doubt it makes stuff taste better but it isn't cooking. It is taking
> the fast way out and the 30 minute meal, not an hour or two
> that spices take to simmer to life the same taste (or like).
>
> Yes - I'm short of enzymes - I got this from both parents. And it is
> life changing once your start to kill off parts of you.
>
> Older folk are also in trouble - they have paid the rate for many years.
>
> Yellow and thus Green dyes used in food contain Sulfur radicals. -
>
> What I lost thus far - all in one night - no more cheese and no more cocoa
> or chocolate and more. Over dosed at my 42 birthday party pushed me over
> the edge.
>
> Be careful out there. Some water supplies have it within.
>
> Martin
>
>

Don't forget to put on your tin foil hat!


Martin Eastburn

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May 28, 2012, 8:10:36 PM5/28/12
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H2S will eat through your tin foil hat.

It defoliates steel and Iron pipes causing them to spring into 1000 cuts
and fail when needed.

Martin

Boron Elgar

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May 29, 2012, 9:40:57 AM5/29/12
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On Mon, 28 May 2012 19:10:36 -0500, Martin Eastburn
<lion...@consolidated.net> wrote:

>H2S will eat through your tin foil hat.
>
>It defoliates steel and Iron pipes causing them to spring into 1000 cuts
>and fail when needed.

Right and water, the ultimate solvent, kills a lot of people every
year. In fact, even LACK of water kills people.


Boron

Hankjam

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May 29, 2012, 4:15:37 PM5/29/12
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and there's no getting away from that!
Hj

cshenk

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Jun 9, 2012, 3:17:21 PM6/9/12
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Serene Vannoy wrote in alt.bread.recipes:
Same here. Especially on the garlic so instead I mince some garlic and
mix it with softened butter then use that to get my garlic fix.


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Oct 24, 2012, 11:14:20 AM10/24/12
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On Monday, 28 May 2012 11:57:58 UTC+8, Martin Eastburn wrote:
> Garlic contains a great deal of Sulfur chemicals and the chemical
>
> reactions abound. That is also very dangerous to those with one kidney.
>
> The kidney's produces enzymes that process or digest. When the kidney
>
> runs out of said enzyme needed, the sulfur attacks the kidney and blood
>
> vessels. (Think DI-alysis and stroke / aneurism.
>
>
>
> No doubt it makes stuff taste better but it isn't cooking. It is taking
>
> the fast way out and the 30 minute meal, not an hour or two
>
> that spices take to simmer to life the same taste (or like).
>
>
>
> Yes - I'm short of enzymes - I got this from both parents. And it is
>
> life changing once your start to kill off parts of you.
>
>
>
> Older folk are also in trouble - they have paid the rate for many years.
>
>
>
> Yellow and thus Green dyes used in food contain Sulfur radicals. -
>
>
>
> What I lost thus far - all in one night - no more cheese and no more
>
> cocoa or chocolate and more. Over dosed at my 42 birthday party pushed
>
> me over the edge.
>
>
>
> Be careful out there. Some water supplies have it within.
>
>
>
> Martin
>
>
I didn't know about that garlic-kidney connection. Will google to find out more. I thought garlic was good for health. Now, I'm not so sure. Everything in moderation.

Patrick

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Nov 11, 2012, 6:27:37 PM11/11/12
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>>
> I didn't know about that garlic-kidney connection. Will google to find
> out more. I thought garlic was good for health. Now, I'm not so sure.
> Everything in moderation.
>

Garlic, very rarely. Teaspoon of oregano or a teaspoon of tomato
powder, gives that good old coffee shop taste.

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