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Printed September 1, 2026
Printed September 1, 2026
Fermented & Funky
Black Garlic & Miso Butter Biscuits
These aren't your grandmother's biscuits—unless she was fermenting garlic in a rice cooker and had a serious umami obsession. Flaky, funky, and unapologetically bold.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
- 3 tablespoons white miso paste
- 6 cloves black garlic, mashed into paste
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons honey
Preparation
Black garlic transforms sharp raw cloves into sweet, molasses-like nuggets of umami through weeks of slow fermentation. Combined with miso's salty funk, these biscuits walk the line between Southern comfort and culinary rebellion.
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut cold butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together miso paste, black garlic paste, buttermilk, and honey until smooth.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry and stir gently until just combined—don't overmix.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface and pat into a 1-inch thick rectangle.
- Cut into 8-10 biscuits and place on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown and risen.
Serve warm with more butter or use them to soak up pot liquor. The funk mellows as they bake but leaves behind an addictive savory depth.
