Black garlic is regular garlic that has been under low heat with precised humidity for a few weeks turning the garlic black and with a great unique flavor. I love it. It is sweet yet savory.. I have looked all over for recipes how to make garlic chip.. And I could not find anything.
Miguel ( ala carte sous chef) and I were trying to come up with a way how to make them crispy since the only puree of the garlic was not crisping by itself. I found a great picture of a garlic chip on the ideas in food blog but I guess they did not feel the need to share the recipe with anybody. After explaining my husband also a chef ( Michael Castillo, sous chef) what we wanted to do.. He recommended to add egg whites. I thought that was the key.. And it was .. Another of my sous chef colleague said: what about instead of fresh egg whites we add the egg white powder??.. Even better I thought!
Miguel ( ala carte sous chef) and I were trying to come up with a way how to make them crispy since the only puree of the garlic was not crisping by itself. I found a great picture of a garlic chip on the ideas in food blog but I guess they did not feel the need to share the recipe with anybody. After explaining my husband also a chef ( Michael Castillo, sous chef) what we wanted to do.. He recommended to add egg whites. I thought that was the key.. And it was .. Another of my sous chef colleague said: what about instead of fresh egg whites we add the egg white powder??.. Even better I thought!
* we used the leftovers and turned into a black garlic powder *
Not perfect at all.. But they were crispy !
* now we will work on getting them perfectly even, flat and translucent.
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