Description
Key Facts
- Often used in Japanese & Korean recipes.
- Pleasant savory (even plummy) taste.
- Easy to grow.
- Takes about 3 to 4 months to grow
- Where to buy garlic cloves
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Background
Black garlic is easy to grow if you would like a unique & distinctive garlic.
- Ideal location – balcony, patio or vegetable garden. (Or possibly unused spare room with extra light)
- Pleasant savory (even plummy) taste.
- Often used in Japanese & Korean recipes – but great for most dishes for extra taste.
- Days from seed to harvest – about 90 to 120 (3 to 4 months)
- About 60 cm high
Typical Recipes
Often used by chefs it’s used to add a rich, meaty umami flavor to dishes. Umami is the word used by the Japanese and can best be described as a pleasant savory (even plummy) taste
If you use it in cooking then this garlic will add a rich meaty flavour to recipes.
Typical recipes (which don’t have to be Japanese or Korean), such as
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The recipes above are all savoury but it will also work very well in chocolate cakes & desserts.
How to grow black garlic
The Black Garlic is very easy to grow, but (like all garlics) it does tend to smell when growing – you won’t notice it outside (terrace, balcony, etc.) but will notice it indoors.
Quick Summary
Very cold tolerant and a good producer. Each has 4 to 6 large, easy to peel cloves. Classic, spicy flavor, rich and sweet, roasted.
- The garlic grows on all soil. The abundance of health-promoting properties of garlic was already known to ancient Egyptians, Romans, Chinese and Greeks.
- Planting time: From the end of March – May; The harvest season of garlic is from August to September.
- The optimal planting distance is 30 x 15 cm. Just cover the tips with soil.
- Water requirement: low to medium
More information
Minze Vries –
Very great unusual garlic to grow – especially if you want to add a ‘different’ type of flavour to your dishes