Amber garlic

Here’s my aged garlic, which is something new and available at our Japanese supermarket.

It has a strong but mellow garlicky scent which smells kind of like soy sauce. It’s also incredibly soft.

According to its maker, this amberish garlic had undergone a maturing process for 2 weeks under low temperatures which in turn raises the level of S-allyl cystein (a beneficial compound broken down from allicin) to an exceptional high.

You should really see the wrinkles!

[Update It has a mild pickled taste, otherwise almost bland.]

3 Comments »
  1. From Liz

    I’ve never seen that before. How does it taste? We stopped at an Asian grocery last weekend. Yeah! I was thrilled to find udon, soba, and real soy sauce.

    At Liz’s blog: Pay it Forward

    2008.04.08 @ 2:56 pm

  2. From Tracy

    I’ve not heard of or seen this before either…I sounds good! With the luck I’m having getting good, fresh ginger where I’m living, I have little hope of finding this special garlic–LOL! Happy Day ((HUGS))

    2008.04.10 @ 4:39 am

  3. From M.Kate

    never seen it here either…will look out for it the next time, happy weekend :)

    2008.04.10 @ 11:07 pm

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