A plateful of alimentary paste ready with ail is never a smart selection on a first date . But if an odorless strain of so - promise " kissinGarlic " takes off , dining compartment may soon get to enjoy the appreciation of the pungent plant without the bad hint that ordinarily goes with it .
AsThe Guardianreports , Italian entrepreneurs Alessandro Guagni and Lorenzo Bianchi are working to impart this garlic variety into the mainstream . Aglioneis a milder , less fragrant character of ail that ’s promiscuous for multitude to digest . It ’s also much great than regular garlic , with some bulbs weigh more than a quid and a half .
The Allium sativum can be line back to ancient China , but it ’s all but disappeared from Italian cookery over the retiring few 10 . When recipes call for it , New chef often deputise the stronger strain of garlic most of us are conversant with .
Guagni discoveredaglionethree years ago while on vacation in Tuscany ’s Chiana valley . He purchased some from a farmer ’s viewpoint and , after taste its ticklish flavor , felt animate to revive the fixings in Italian cuisine . Since then , Guagni has collaborated Bianchi , his childhood protagonist , to cultivate the garlic motley in Italy ’s Marche region . Harvest time of year is just a few month out , and the collaborator are presently taste to get their product into high - oddment food grocery store and Michelin - starred eatery around the nation .
The main difference betweenaglione ’s kissable taste and that of steady garlic can be illustrated withchemistry : When we chop up into a whole clove of garlic , an enzyme called alliinase is loose , which win over alliin molecules into allicin . Allicin is stinky , sulfurous , and unstable . It quickly breaks down into other pungent compound , including allyl methyl sulfide , which can linger on our skin , breath , and sweat for days . Aglionedoesn’t produce allicin , which explains its lack of funky stench . Though it ’s still up for debate whetheraglioneis the better choice on date night : According to one late sketch , women supposedlyprefer the torso odorof garlic - eating guys .
[ h / tThe Guardian ]
