Diy Black Garlic In A Slow Cooker

Oct 26

How To Make Black Garlic in a Rice or Slow Cooker

October 26, 2018

Welcome to Foodie Friday ! I'll be linking up with Annmarie from the Fit Foodie Mama + Esther from Chocolate Runner Girl–this week's theme = Free For All!

What is black garlic, you ask? I had it for the first time a few months ago by way of a free Hello Fresh box that was gifted to one of my friends (none other than my cooking/hiking buddy–these are our adventures thus far!). They had a super delicious recipe for this absolutely amazing flatbread that had black garlic in it and we got curious on how to make it for ourselves so we could recreate it!

Black garlic is a type of aged garlic–the browning occurs because of something called the "Maillard reaction," which causes the garlic to acquire a more sweet/savory taste (reminiscent of balsamic vinegar glaze), depending on the amount of sugar content in it. It's not actual fermentation, but the Fermentation Revolution cookbook I picked up does have this recipe (+ many many others!) in it!

How To Make Black Garlic

You'll Need...

fresh garlic bulbs

Directions

Leave the bulbs of garlic whole (don't peel it or separate the cloves!). Place them into your rice cooker or slow cooker, leaving space between them so that they don't touch.
Set on "keep warm" for 2-3 weeks.
Store in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

This may well be one of the easiest recipes I will ever share with you on my blog, because you legit just need one ingredient and one kitchen contraption (your choice of either a slow cooker or a rice cooker). You can technically buy it ready-made for heaps of money, but why do that when you can make your own at a fraction of the cost (e.g. $8 for a small jar)?

I'll be sharing recipes on what I/we've used it in thus far soon, but for now, here's how to make it in your own household!!

End-of-Week-ish Recap!

Ever been to the GFAF Expo? I went about 2 weeks ago and shared some of my old favorites from there! :] Stay tuned for a separate post on some of my new favorite finds!

Have you ever had black garlic?
What would you use this in?!

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