{"id":188,"date":"2009-03-02T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forthillfarm.com\/news\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:20:24","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:20:24","slug":"garlic-scapes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/?page_id=188","title":{"rendered":"Garlic Scapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garlic Scapes<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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These often cause a bit of confusion.\u00a0 <\/span>Every wants to know, \u201cWhat are these things, and how do you use them?\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Garlic Scapes are the flower head and stem from the garlic plant.\u00a0 <\/span>Each plant sprouts one every spring.\u00a0 <\/span>Garlic Scapes are considered a delicacy in many fine restaurants.\u00a0 <\/span>They are special because you only get one crop every year so enjoy them while they\u2019re around!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Storage and Handling:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Garlic Scapes will keep for up to 3 weeks in your refrigerator crisper drawer in a loosely closed plastic bag.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before use, cut off about an inch of the \u201cwhip\u201d at the blossom end and about 2 inches on the other where it can get tough and fibrous.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Culinary Uses:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Garlic Scapes can be used in place of garlic in most recipes.\u00a0 <\/span>Be careful not to over cook them, they will loose some of their garlic flavor and get tough.\u00a0 <\/span>Slice like a scallion and gently saut\u00e9 with other veggies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A good friend and chef recommend using them as a green vegetable similar to asparagus.\u00a0 <\/span>You can steam, grill,roast or saut\u00e9 them whole and serve them as fun side dish.\u00a0 <\/span>They also make a great pesto!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Garlic Scapes \u00a0 These often cause a bit of confusion.\u00a0 Every wants to know, \u201cWhat are these things, and how do you use them?\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 Garlic Scapes are the flower head and stem from the garlic plant.\u00a0 Each plant sprouts one every spring.\u00a0 Garlic Scapes are considered a delicacy in many fine restaurants.\u00a0 They are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}