The Original Black Garlic Peeled Black Garlic 50g

Ready-peeled black garlic cloves from The Original Black Garlic, a company based in London in Greater London that makes its black garlic with nothing but time, heat and humidity, slowly ageing whole garlic until the cloves turn dark and soft. There is one ingredient: garlic.

No additives and no preservatives, and the maker describes the cloves as soft, mellow and bursting with deep savoury flavour. The ageing takes away everything harsh about raw garlic and leaves a sticky, almost jammy clove with a sweet, savoury, balsamic depth, the kind of flavour usually described as umami. Because they are peeled, there is nothing to do but open the pot and use them.

The maker's suggestions are to slice them into salads or a creamy risotto, stir them into sauces, dips and purées, or eat them straight from the pot. Mash a couple into butter for a steak, blend them into mayonnaise, or push a few cloves into a roasting chicken. They are good chopped through pasta with olive oil, and they belong on a cheeseboard beside a wedge of Quicke's Mature Clothbound Cheddar or with The Garlic Farm Sweet Snacking Cloves with Herbs for a garlic-led board. They also lift a plain Stokes Garlic Mayonnaise.

A 50g pot of peeled cloves. No major allergens declared. Garlic only, and registered vegan with the Vegan Society according to the maker.

• No major allergens declared

Delivery

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