Black garlic cloves are so soft you can literally squeeze them between your fingers and it occurred to me that they would be perfect as a paste, you could literally spread it over toast! A plan therefore formed in my head to create a paste of black garlic and olive oil mixed with various spice mixes…my first stop being za’atar…
I tested this on aubergine slices, which was lovely, and I think it could be utilised on toasted bread, courgette slices, over chicken, all sorts!
I cut aubergine slices about 1/2 – 1 cm thick, sprayed them with olive oil spray, grilled them under a medium heat on one side until nice and soft, then turned them over, spread them with the mixture, forked the surface of the aubergine, and grilled again until cooked. Due to the black garlic the paste might look like it was burnt, but it really wasn’t, just lovely and tasty.
I ate the aubergine slices with tahini sauce (tahini, lemon juice and water) and sprinkled with dried barberries and roasted pine nuts. YUM!!!
I did the same with some creole spices on some more aubergine slices and again it worked well..
Lovely lovely stuff!!!
Don’t forget you can try black garlic this week with 10% off and free delivery in the UK using my discount code ‘foodbod’. Enjoy!
I gotta try this black garlic stuff! It looks delicious xx
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You do!!!
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If you email them at info@blackgarlic.co.uk you can ask about postage to Ireland x
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I shall 😉
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This looks so good!
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Thank you xx
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A gorgeous dish 🙂
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Thank you x
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Looks delicious!
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Thank you x
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You make me wonder what I have been eating these last decades – clearly nothing as appealing as this!
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Ha ha! I take that as a compliment 🙂 xx
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Thank God for bloggers like you, who brings new idea and ways of culinary living. 🙂
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Oh goodness, what an amazing compliment! Thank you so much, Fae x x x
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This looks fabulous. I finally managed to get my hands on some black garlic yesterday and have some za’atar knocking about somewhere…
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Excellent!! Check out my last couple of posts too for more ideas -I’ve got more coming too 🙂
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It looks amazing – I definitely want to try some black garlic soon.
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Do!! It’s amazing! Very hard to truly describe the flavour x
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Lovely stuff indeed❤️
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Thank you xx
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I may have said this earlier Elaine, you’re a GENIUS! I’ve seen black garlic in the store, surely getting it to try your novel recipes.
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Thank you so much, that is so lovely of you to say x x x
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This combination sounds amazing and perfect on the eggplants 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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That looks so tasty!
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Oh, I am sure that I would love this paste! I’m a big fan of za’atar (I prepare it myself), however I need to watch out for black garlic. Can be home-made as well, maybe?
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Hi Claudia – thank you 🙂
I thought the same about making it yourself, but think it would be very difficult to achieve at home 😦
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Oh heavens!
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