Persian Sugar-Pickled Garlic

Recipe Cuisine: Garlic
Recipe Category: Garlic
Recipe Serves: 1

Recipes Ingredients:

4 Heads garlic
1 c Sugar
2 c Red Wine vinegar
6 Whole cloves (the spice)
2 c Water
2 tb Black peppercorns

Recipe Instructions:

Separate Garlic cloves, but do not peel. Place all ingredients in a large heavy-bottom saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook for 10 minutes, stirring from time to time. Reduce heat to moderate and cook 5 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Transfer to a large glass or ceramic jar large enough to hold Garlic and the liquid. Tightly seal. Refrigerate at least 1 month before serving. The Garlic improves with age for as long as 15 years. From: "Garlic" by Janet Hazen (Chronicle Books). Typed for you by Karen Mintzias