If a recipe says "garlic cloves - crushed"......

[NotActuallyAMum]

Do I need to buy a proper garlic crusher to do it or is there another way?

TIA

you can put the blade of a knife on it and give it a good whack or 2. or you can just finely chop it.

just chop it into teeny tiny pieces and then squash it with the back of a fork. Well, I would anyway.

big knife laid on its side on the clove and............WHACK!

You could bash in a mortar with a pestle if you have them. (or is that the other way round?)

LOL Fio

Thanks for all the replies, think I'll go for finely chopping

Thanks again

(ScummyMummy you had got it the right way round)

i agree with sobernow re crushers. I jsut use a fine grater.

add some coarse salt when you crush it to stop the knofe slipping and get a good grip on the slippery garlic!!

do you really not own a garlic crusher

ooo I love kitchen gadgets

how can you not own a garlic crusher?

dont succumb! Dont buy a crusher, they're just a pain to wash up and unnecessary, as has been said...

we have 2 garlic crushers ( different models)

ne of them stones cherries and olives as well

knofe??? knife, even! And I don't have a garlic crusher either. What's the point?

My garlic crusher is great - it has this plastic bit that when you close the arms the other way, pushes out all the bits of garlic stuck in the holes

(sad kitchen gadget afficionado)

a broad flat knife does the job. if you smuch it then put a tiny bit of salt on it before smushing it again it goes into a pulp. that's what the best chefs do, apparently (saw it on the telly).

Georgina - is it one of these ? We have one of them too

I have a garlic crusher. Comes clean fine in dishwasher.

That's the one, iota Damn fine gadget.

(if only I could get a gadget that grates lemon rind without getting more thumb in it than lemon, I'd be laughing)

A grater - that's my problem, isn't it? What's a zester look like then?