What do you guys do with your scapes??

gssgarden · May 13, 2015

Just curious.

Always looking for something to do with them.

Greg

Stvrob · May 13, 2015

Compost pile.

Just kidding.

RayR · May 13, 2015

Garlic Scape Pesto!

rxkeith · May 13, 2015

we chop them up and freeze them when we have a bunch, then add them to any dish that garlic goes good with. added to eggs is good.

keith

joseph · May 14, 2015

I allow my garlic scapes to go to seed:

wormgirl · May 14, 2015

They are wonderful in a stirfry!

Redbaron · May 14, 2015

I just had the most wonderful scape meal, lightly sauteed in ham drippings: Sugar snap peas, 2 garlic scapes, 1 Egyptian runner onion "w/scape", 3 very large morel mushrooms. YUM YUM

My only complaint is that I couldn't find more mushrooms.

gssgarden · May 14, 2015

Thanks! I will definitely freeze them! Love the stir fry idea as well.

Won't let them go to seed though.

Keep the ideas coming!

Greg

neoguy · May 14, 2015

White Bean and Garlic Scape Hummus

1/3 cup sliced garlic scapes (3 to 4)
1-2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice, more to taste
1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt, more to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
1 can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, more for drizzling.

1. In a food processor, process garlic scapes with lemon juice, salt and pepper until finely chopped. Add cannellini beans and process to a rough purée.

2. With motor running, slowly drizzle olive oil through feed tube and process until fairly smooth. Pulse in 2 or 3 tablespoons water, or more, until mixture is the consistency of a dip. Add more salt, pepper and/or lemon juice, if desired.

3. Spread out dip on a plate, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with more salt.

Yield: 1 1/2 cups.

Blueaussi · May 14, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by RayR

Garlic Scape Pesto!

Yes! This! So yummy on fresh baked rosemary bread.

bjbebs · May 14, 2015

We press ours and use in hummus and guacamole. Also diced up in soups for a great mild garlic taste. I grow too much to save so most is composted. As dry as our winter and early spring was the garlic has caught up with a wet May. Almost like clockwork they will start showing themselves the 1st week in June. If there an easier crop to plant, grow, harvest and cure that stores well for 6-9 months would someone let me know what that would be?

gssgarden · May 14, 2015

Neoguy, that sounds a lot like a recipe from the chef Giada DeLaurentis. Tried it before and loved it!

Greg

neoguy · May 14, 2015

Yep, it's tasty. Not her recipe that I know of. Made it 2 years ago and we'll continue to make it every year from now on.

gssgarden · May 14, 2015

I brushed pita chips with olive oil and oregano and baked them until crisp. Put the mixture on top. Delicious!!

Greg

Father'sDaughter · May 15, 2015

Most of mine become pesto which can be used on pasta, fresh or toasted bread, as a sauce for sautéed shrimp, mixed with sour cream to make a dip, etc.

May 13, 2015	#1
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	What do you guys do with your scapes?? Just curious. Always looking for something to do with them. Greg

May 14, 2015	#7
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	I just had the most wonderful scape meal, lightly sauteed in ham drippings: Sugar snap peas, 2 garlic scapes, 1 Egyptian runner onion "w/scape", 3 very large morel mushrooms. YUM YUM My only complaint is that I couldn't find more mushrooms. __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

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Stvrob Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,413	Compost pile. Just kidding.

May 13, 2015	#3
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,466	Garlic Scape Pesto!

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rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	we chop them up and freeze them when we have a bunch, then add them to any dish that garlic goes good with. added to eggs is good. keith

May 14, 2015	#5
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	I allow my garlic scapes to go to seed:

May 14, 2015	#6
wormgirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 245	They are wonderful in a stirfry!

May 14, 2015	#9
neoguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 610	White Bean and Garlic Scape Hummus 1/3 cup sliced garlic scapes (3 to 4) 1-2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice, more to taste 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt, more to taste Ground black pepper to taste 1 can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, more for drizzling. 1. In a food processor, process garlic scapes with lemon juice, salt and pepper until finely chopped. Add cannellini beans and process to a rough purée. 2. With motor running, slowly drizzle olive oil through feed tube and process until fairly smooth. Pulse in 2 or 3 tablespoons water, or more, until mixture is the consistency of a dip. Add more salt, pepper and/or lemon juice, if desired. 3. Spread out dip on a plate, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with more salt. Yield: 1 1/2 cups.

May 15, 2015	#15
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Most of mine become pesto which can be used on pasta, fresh or toasted bread, as a sauce for sautéed shrimp, mixed with sour cream to make a dip, etc.