Summer must be here because the scapes are ready for picking. On a garlic plant the scape is the flower stalk that the plant develops in early June. Most garlic growers remove the scape when it starts to curl because they believe that when it’s removed the energy of the plant will be directed into making a nice big garlic bulb rather than the flower and seed head. Lots of folks just throw them in the compost but some of us love them as a special early summer-time treat….garlic pesto is yummy!
Below, some scapes bagged up for one of my customers with a simple garlic scape pesto recipe attached. Let’s go make some!!……
Take 7 or 8 scapes and put them in a blender with about 1/2 cup of olive oil, puree. Mix in some parmesan cheese, about 1 cup and 3 or 4 tablespoons of lemon or lime juice…salt to taste. I like to dollop this on potatoes, or anything, really. yum.
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