POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS

Black garlic has many potential health benefits. It contains more antioxidants than regular garlic due to the heating process, which converts allicin, the compound that gives garlic its pungent odour when crushed, into antioxidant compounds like alkaloids and flavonoids. Black garlic may help regulate blood sugar, reduce the risk of diabetes, and even prevent damage from uncontrolled diabetes. It also has anti-inflammatory and anti-carcogenic properties.

How to cook with black garlic

Black garlic is versatile and fun for culinary experiments. You can use it in place of regular garlic anytime you want a slightly smokier, more subtle garlic flavour. Here are some practical tips on how to include black garlic in your cooking:

• Blend it into a condiment with some mustard, lemon juice, herbs, salt and pepper to use as a dip or spread.
• Spread it onto a sandwich or hamburgers.
• Stir it into salsas, pasta sauces, soups, and stews.
• Use it to top pizzas and flatbreads.
• As a marinade you can rub it onto chicken, fish, meat or mutton before roasting.
• Add it to salads thinly sliced.
• Add it to salad dressing or pickled items for some extra flavour.
• Can be added to any hummus.
• Sprinkle over egg dishes or use inside an omlette.
• Add to mash potato, roasted vegetables, patties, mince, sausage filling and chicken stuffing.