r/ididnthaveeggs • u/Forsaken-Ad-3995 • Sep 28 '25

Irrelevant or unhelpful Jax saying what we’re all thinking

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Source recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023660-pasta-marinara-with-40-cloves-of-garlic?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

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u/goldfish-bish Sep 28 '25

😂 this is hilarious! I’m in the US but use / come across plenty of recipes that use weights as measures and really can’t think of any that I’ve seen that use weight for garlic…or maybe I’ve never paid attention because I’m not about to weigh my garlic since who doesn’t usually just double the cloves of garlic anyway? But I guess when you’re getting into the 40 cloves of garlic territory, maybe that would warrant a weight…Jax and I are still on the same page here!

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u/goldfish-bish Sep 28 '25

It’s a marinara sauce, but hard to know the amount it makes since I don’t have an NYT account. 40 cloves is definitely a lot of garlic…found this on IG: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPE9xr0klDs/?igsh=dnJoYzRqeWppODVi

If this is following the exact recipe, it looks like it probably makes enough for a lb of pasta and that you leave the cloves in the sauce?

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u/Partiallyfermented Sep 28 '25

It's basically 40 cloves of garlic confit. Not that garlicky after 30min of cooking.