Tuesday, June 15, 2010

What to do with a Garlic Scape

Every year I wait and wait for the garlic scape harvest. I love my garlic scapes. Some people grill them. Some people make them into scape pesto. I don't. My anticipation is because my salads have been going full bore all spring and I want salad dressing. Then I have a nice homemade dressing that is full of wonderful flavor.

Daphne's Garlic Scape Dressing

  • 1 oz garlic scapes
  • 1/4 c olive oil
  • 1/4 c white wine vinegar (I use balsamic)
  • T heaping with honey
  • T dijon mustard
  • 1/4 t salt
  • pepper

Throw it all in a food processor and puree until smooth. If I want something thicker for a dip, I'll add 1/4 to 1/2 a cup of mayo. The funny thing is that last year I also posted a garlic scape salad dressing recipe, but it has changed to a more simple one this year.

It is what always makes me drool for scapes. This time of year I need something to perk up my salads before the cucumbers and tomatoes show up.

25 comments:

  1. Nice...I've have to give this a go. Do you use all parts of the scape? I've noticed that the bud end tends to be a bit tough.

    Also, how well does the dressing keep in the fridge?

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  2. That sounds fantastic! Can you guesstimate how many scapes equals 1 oz.?

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  3. Wow Daphne, what a cool idea (and that salad looks divine.) I am growing garlic for the first time this year so guess what I'll be doing in 5 months time ...

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  4. Ooooooo....This looks good. I'm always looking for interesting things to do with my garlic scapes.

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  5. The dressing sounds wonderful, but what is really making me drool is the thought of tortellinis in a salad. How have I never thought of that before?!

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  6. Thomas, yes I just break them up into 1" pieces and toss them in. Since it is pureed it doesn't matter if it is a bit tough. It is just green slurry when done.

    Maggie, not sure. I guess it depends upon how big the scape is. I have some that are really big and some that are tiny. If you don't have a scale just toss a small handful in and taste. If it isn't garlicy enough add more.

    prue, I hope you are growing hardnecks since they are usually the ones that give scapes. Not all garlic puts out scapes and a lot of the softnecks don't.

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  7. Jody M, I hope you like it.

    Taylor, lol I only put them in because my son made them the other day and they needed to be eaten. Lunch for me is usually seeing what is in the fridge and eating it. That could be my veggies or any leftover in there.

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  8. Thank you so much for this recipe! I'm going to give it a try.

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  9. I have to try this dressing, thanks for the recipe.

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  10. Woohoo! Daphne to the rescue! I have some more scapes to use after making pesto and this will be exactly the right thing to make. I can't wait to try it.

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  11. I make garlic scape pesto - it's fabulous. I'll be trying this dressing too. Thanks!

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  12. Oh my goodness that looks good! I just had dinner but that picture made me hungry again. :D

    I snagged that recipe and copied it to my recipe file. I just used up my elephant garlic scape the other day and the other garlic is a softneck and does not produce scapes. Have to wait until next year to try this recipe out - but I will!

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  13. GrafixMuse and mac, you're welcome I hope you like it

    The Mom, I was thinking the tortellinis would have been good with pesto too.

    Steve, Hope you like it.

    kitsapFG, I ought to post this recipe just as scape season starts, but I never do. It is always after most have used up their scapes.

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  14. This dressing is fantastic, and I can vouch for it because I am eating it RIGHT NOW!
    I didn't have enough scapes for pesto, but i had enough lettuce for a salad, so I put it together in 5 minutes - there was a lot of tasting and ah-ing involved.
    Wonderful!

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  15. Looks GREAT! I am going to give it a whirl tonight!

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  16. Katrien, Thanks. I actually make a lot of it right about now and save it for the whole summer. It keeps pretty well since it has so much vinegar in it.

    Allison, I hope you like it.

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  17. Well I never knew that, but I'll have to wait until the next lot's ready because I threw this lot of scapes on the compost heap. Doh!!!

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  18. Your recipe looks great and my scapes are just coming on. I'll have to try this! I may have to pass it on to my CSA eaters! Thanks so much.

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  19. Jan, Ack! Well don't do that next time. There are so many good things to do with them, but this one is my favorite.

    Willow Brook Farm, Well feel free to pass it along. All my posts are done with a Creative Commons license (on sidebar at the bottom), not a copyright, so you can copy anything to your heart's content - photos, recipes, text, anything. All I ask for is an attribution.

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  20. Thanks for sharing! We've cut and pasted the recipe into our recipe folder to try next year! It looks delicious - I agree that balsamic vinegar is probably the way to go.

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  21. How lucky for me--planted my first crop of garlic last fall and didn't even know what the curly garlic flower was called until searching for it on the web this week. Then, thinking it would make a good salad dressing, found your cheery vegetable garden blog--and this recipe. Making it for my garden's greens on Father's Day.

    Carol

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  22. Oh, your salad dressing and your salad are, as they say, to die for! Thank you, I'm doing this salad, although I'll have to change the dressing just a bit because I don't have garlic scapes. I'll cope. ;)

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  23. Martha, if you can get a mild garlic you can do it with garlic too. Just cut the volume down. Add it slowly so you don't over do it.

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  24. I enjoy your blog. I used your photo of garlic scapes and linked to your blog in my post Using and Preserving Garlic Scapes

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  25. Thank you, Daphne for allowing me to share your Garlic Scape Dressing recipe in my garlic scape round up! It’s now live. You can see the round up here: http://growagoodlife.com/10-ways-use-garlic-scapes or Pin it for later: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/313492824034778757/

    I can't wait for my scapes to grow so I can try some of these. Thanks again.

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