Alpha Gal Friendly Ginger Garlic Paste with Turmeric
This golden, fragrant paste is the kind of kitchen staple that quietly transforms everything it touches — stir-fries, marinades, soups, roasted vegetables, you name it. For anyone navigating alpha-gal syndrome, store-bought flavor bases and spice blends can be a minefield of hidden mammalian-derived additives, but every single ingredient here is clean and plant-based by nature. Fresh ginger and garlic do the heavy lifting on flavor, while turmeric adds that warm, earthy depth and a gorgeous color that makes the paste look as good as it smells. A splash of extra virgin olive oil brings it all together into a silky, spreadable consistency that blends effortlessly into almost any dish. The food processor does most of the work in under a minute, so the effort is genuinely minimal. Best of all, the freezer-cube method means you can batch this once and have ready-to-go flavor for up to three months — just pop a cube straight into a hot pan whenever you need it.
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16 servings
- 6 oz fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
- 6 oz garlic cloves, peeled (about 2 heads)
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Add the ginger, garlic, turmeric, salt, and black pepper to a food processor or blender. Pulse 8–10 times until the mixture is roughly broken down.
- 2
Drizzle in the olive oil and process continuously for 30–60 seconds, scraping down the sides once, until the paste is smooth and uniform with no large chunks remaining.
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