raw garlic

Uncooked allium cloves

Raw garlic is garlic that hasn't been cooked, preserving its sharp, pungent bite.

Cooking mellows garlic's intensity, but raw garlic retains a potent flavor that can overwhelm a dish—or breath.

It appears in aioli, pesto, and salad dressings, and some eat whole cloves for purported health benefits: She swears by raw garlic for colds.

Related
  • pungentSharply strong-smelling
  • cloveDried flower bud spice
  • bulbRounded storage organ
  • sharpFine-edged, or astute
  • bitePierce with teeth

minced · crushed · breath · allicin · spicy · white · papery · aromatic · kitchen · chopped · strong · onion · flavor · antibacterial · vampire · Mediterranean · peel · potent

Categories
Opposites
cooking state

raw garlicroasted garlic

Heat-softened aromatic bulb

fried garlic · black garlic · garlic confit · garlic powder · elephant garlic

processing state

raw garlicgarlic powder

Pulverized dried allium sativum

garlic paste · garlic oil · pickled garlic · dried garlic · garlic salt

Family

raw, rawly, rawness, garlic, garlicky

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G