How To: Garlic Paste

One of the things I wanted to do here was to provide not only recipes, but also techniques that I use regularly. One such technique is making garlic paste.

Garlic paste is a means of prepping garlic so that you do not have any large chunks of garlic in your food. it also provides maximum flavor out of a smaller amount of ingredients. You can use this in marinades, on garlic bread, in pasta sauces... Basically anywhere you use garlic.

What you will need:
2-3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 tsp of kosher salt
Cutting board
Knife or board scraper (these are awesome, and if you don't have one I suggest getting one.)

What you will do:
On a cutting board...
Peel and crush/rough chop garlic
Add olive oil and salt
Scrape the garlic/oil/salt mixture across the cutting board using the edge of your knife/board scraper.
Continue until you have made a paste that is roughly as sticky as Elmer's glue (but smells much better.)

Voila... You are done

Why you would do this:
1: No big chunks of garlic to accidentally bite into, potentially ruining your meal.
2: It's fun.
3: You get to smash stuff.

Enjoy.