10 Ways to Use Black Garlic
Put down your trusty white garlic and try experimenting with its sticky, Umami-filled shadow. Read on to find out how to use our peeled black garlic.
Black garlic is an ingredient celebrated by chefs across the world for its sweet and savoury notes. It offers real depth to many well-loved dishes by enriching and intensifying their flavours, or can even be enjoyed as a quick snack. Alongside its delicious flavour, it boasts a number of health benefits, too.
So, how is it made?
Whilst at first glance, these cloves of black garlic may resemble a bulb of garlic abandoned at the back of fridge for a questionable amount of time, it does in fact take tender love, heat, time and care to produce these gems. Regular garlic bulbs are slowly aged and fermented at a low heat over a course of 60-90 days. During this time, the cloves lose their white and crunchy exterior, transforming into sticky, jelly-like black garlic cloves.
And the taste?
Sweet and earthy, packed with umami goodness. Carrying notes of molasses, balsamic vinegar and soy sauce, black garlic is the winning ingredient for a multitude of dishes. What’s more, it doesn’t leave that infamous garlicky odour like its traditional counterpart.
Having been used in Asian cuisines and medicines for centuries, black garlic isn’t anything new on the menu, but for a little inspiration on how to adopt it into your favourite dishes, we at The Artisan Food Company have compiled a list of 10 ways to use our peeled black garlic in your cooking.
Continue reading for our recipe suggestions!
1. Beef Bolognese or Chili
Pairing particularly well with red meat, black garlic will make the perfect addition to your favourite week-night meals.
2. Roasted Aubergine
Give your vegetarian dishes an Umami boost by crushing some black garlic cloves into a paste and mixing with spices. Spread this onto your aubergine and roast for a delicious meat-free dinner.
3. Eat as a Snack!
Sweet from natural sugars and packed with antioxidants, they make an ideal healthy snack.
4. Aioli
Blend with mayonnaise for an easy black garlic aioli.
5. Salad Dressings & Marinades
The sweet undertones of black garlic make it the perfect ingredient to add into sticky dressings. Blend with olive oil, honey and balsamic vinegar for an easy salad dressing or a marinade for pork.
6. Mushroom Risotto
The sweet earthiness of black garlic pairs perfectly with a whole range of mushroom-based dishes!
7. Roasted Chicken or Fish
Try using black garlic with our fresh Scottish salmon or Norfolk chicken escalopes, before roasting.
8. Stir Fry Sauce
Crush and mix with soy sauce, ginger and chili for a delicious stir fry sauce.
9. Use with Cheese
Mix with cream cheese, add to a cheese board, or upgrade a classic cheese on toast with some sliced cloves.
Put a fresh spin on your next cheese board by replacing an onion chutney with a head of black garlic.
10. Cauliflower Cheese
Add a few cloves of black garlic into your mac and cheese or cauliflower cheese for an extra special Sunday roast.
