Big Spoon Sauce Co.
Green Gems
Green Gems
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Our favorite mermaid snack is back. Green Gems is greener than ever, loaded with locally-foraged mineral-rich kombu to support those digestive and immune systems, and stuffed with as many garlic scapes as we could fit in our car.
What are garlic scapes?
Garlic scapes are the long flowering ends sprouting from the hardneck varieties of garlic plants, which farmers will prune in order to send the plant’s energy back to the underground bulb. Once considered a weed and simply thrown away, scapes are now a magical addition to our already overflowing Sonoma County cornucopia, only available for a fleeting moment in late spring or early summer. For this year’s recipe, we were blessed with sweet and spicy Chesnok Red scapes from Bernier Farms, grown in the Dry Creek region just outside of the town of Healdsburg. The Berniers have been the authority on all things garlic since 1976, and we’re thrilled to be showcasing their prized scapes as a crown jewel in our Green Gems.
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Ingredients: olive oil, garlic scapes, peanuts, sesame seeds, shallots, green chile flakes, garlic powder, pumpkin seeds, dried kombu, apple cider vinegar powder, brown sugar, Sichuan peppercorns, sea salt, ginger, spinach powder, cumin, white pepper, green cardamom, fennel seeds.
Heat level: 1/10. Lots of green chile flavor, zero fire. The better to experience all those umami bits.
This product contains peanuts and sesame. Like all of our products, it is shelf stable and there is no need to refrigerate after opening. It is olive oil-based so may firm up when cold.
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This is my second order of green gems and we cannot be without it! We love everything we have tried. We use green gems on everything. The flavor is out of this world.
Green gems is my favorite, not spicy but super flavor.
I love it on eggs, vegetables & fish. I also add it to hummus!. I buy the large jar every time.
I am a loyal devotee of Dragon’s Booty and I decided to pick up Green Gems to add to my rotation. I like using furikake and fried garlic as toppings, so Green Gems’ flavor profile sounded great.
Dragon’s booty is still my go-to for adding heat and complexity to rice bowls and noodles, but OMG Green Gems is its own kind of perfect. Garlicky, nutty, green umami bomb that I think can accompany all kinds of flavors. I think this would be perfect for summertime grilling, added to soups, any kind of meat, tofu or vegetables. I feel like incorporating this into a mayo for sandwiches or a salad dressing would also be super good. BUY THE BIG JAR and apply generously!!
This sauce is truly yummy and yet difficult to describe. Hardly spicy, yet warming. Not salty, yet a great alternative to salt. It was delicious on a vegetarian egg pie/quiche, also on rice or noodles and sushi. I've made such a dent in my big jar in just 10 days, that I'm going to order another jar now before it's sold out again!
Green Gems is sweet and savory. Crunchy, rich, and complex. I can’t find a food that Green Gems doesn’t go with. I had some on a banana this morning because I don’t want to eat anything unless Green Gems is on top! On ice cream, yes. Avocado toast, yup. Pasta, mmmm, 😋.