The Deep: Black Garlic Concentrate

The Black Garlic Concentrate from Rhea is umami in a bottle. This black garlic concentrate is fermented for 1-3 months and tastes like balsamic vinegar, deeply caramelized onion, sweet-sour-savory tamarind, and seared meat. The garlic is fermented very slowly until it turns jammy and sweet. Rhea combines it with dates, chestnuts, 10-year aged balsamic vinegar, toasty tamari, and chili, and then mortar and pestle crush it together by hand to create a creamy paste.   Suggested Use: Use this potent concentrate to give instant depth to any dish. Make mushrooms taste mushroomier. Serve a swish alongside charcuterie. Add richness and complexity to soups, stews, or marinades. We’ve found it now appears in nearly all the dishes we make; very little goes a very long way.  Size: 4 oz.  About Rhea: Rhea is a pantry full of pleasure. A sundry shop of flavors, textures, familiar and exotic smells, ways to feel good. Rhea was created by Abbye Churchill and exists as a space to share the delicacies a