Hitara Black Garlic

OAT BARS WITH CHOCOLATE AND BLACK GARLIC GANACHE Ingredients 250 g oats 150 g butter 75 g light brown sugar 3 tablespoon s golden syrup or honey 180 g milk or dark chocolate, chopped 100 ml heavy cream 20 g black garlic cloves (or black garlic paste) 200 g cashews, pecans or walnuts, chopped Instructions Preheat oven to 180C (356F). In a saucepan, on a low heat, melt butter with sugar and honey. Now add the oats making sure they get all coated in the sweet sauce. Transfer your oat mixture into a nonstick baking tin (small round tin or a 20cm square is a perfect size) and bake for 25 – 30 min until golden brown. If you’re using a black garlic paste you can skip this step. Otherwise submerge the black garlic cloves in a little boiling water for 2 minutes, drain and push them through a very fine sieve as pictured in the post. Scrape the paste and place it in a small saucepan. Add cream to the saucepan with the black garlic paste and warm it gently on a slow heat. Using a hand

BLACK GARLIC CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES Ingredients 220 g of bittersweet or dark chocolate (high quality, 60% cacao or higher), well chopped into small pieces. I like to use  Lindt  or  Bourneville . 110 ml of heavy whipping cream 4 – 5  black garlic cloves Black Garlic Chocolate Truffles’ coating Cocoa powder Desiccated coconut Finely chopped nuts Finely chopped almonds Instructions In a small saucepan, bring cream to a simmer. (stir and scrape down the sides with a spatula every few minutes). Add mashed black garlic cloves and whisk gently on a very low heat until garlic almost completely dissolves in cream. Place the chocolate in a separate bowl. Little by little pour the black garlic cream mixture over the chocolate and stir until smooth. Allow to cool, then refrigerate for two hours. Use a teaspoon to roll out balls of the ganache. Roll in your hands quickly and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. You’ll find that the ganache will melt from the heat of your han

BLACK GARLIC CHEESE SOUFFLÉ Ingredients 4  eggs, egg whites separated from the yolks Pinch of salt 3 tablespoon s of dry bread crumbs 10   Original hitara Black Garlic Cloves , smashed with a fork into a rough paste 5½ tablespoon s (50g) all purpose flour 3½  salted butter (50g) plus a little more for greasing the remains 300 ml (10½ fluid oz) whole milk 110 g (4 oz) mature cheddar cheese, grated Instructions Place an empty, lined baking tray in the middle of your oven and preheat the oven to 180C. In a deep saucepan, melt the butter and stir in the flour. Fry this paste oven medium-low heat until it begins to brown and smell like a freshly made toast. Stir often. Pour in milk and whisk vigorously to break down any lumps that might have formed. Wait for this mixture to begin to steam and thicken a little. You don’t need to bring it to a simmer. Remove from the heat and stir in cheese and the black garlic paste, until smooth and there are no lumps. Allow the mixture to cool

BLACK GARLIC CAULIFLOWER CHEESE RECIPE Ingredients 1  whole cauliflower head (about  700 g/1/5lbs), core removed and florets separated 100 g salted butter 40 g (5 tablespoons) plain flour – can be all purpose gluten free flour ½ teaspoon  ground cumin ¼ teaspoon  ground nutmeg 350 ml (1 ½ cup) full fat milk 2  bay leaves ½ teaspoon  salt ¼ teaspoon  white pepper (use black if you have no white pepper) 100 g extra mature cheddar, grated 4   Hitara Black Garlic  cloves, smashed into a paste To serve Handful of toasted walnuts Instructions Preheat oven to 180C/356F. Place cauliflower florets in a saucepan and pour just enough boiling hot water over to submerge them completely. Season the water with 1 tablespoon of salt & 1 tablespoon of sugar and simmer for about 5 minutes so that the cauliflower stems are just fork tender (the cauliflower will finish cooking while in the oven). Drain well and pour it out into a baking dish big enough to fit the sauce as well when ready. Meanwhile, me