One of the benefits of growing your own garlic, is being able to harvest the garlic scapes that appear a few weeks before the bulb is ready to harvest. This year, we increased our garlic growing and had an abundance of scapes as a result!
Scapes can be a delicious addition to salads, stews, soups and as a pesto to be added during cooking or as a snack. If you’re a garlic lover like me, give scapes a try!
To make your pesto, you will need approximately 3 cups of chopped scapes. I chopped them into 1 inch pieces in order to fit into my food processor. Begin processing your scapes.
Next, once you have a coarse puree, add nuts, cheese and lemon juice and pulse.
Slowly add the oil while processing until pesto becomes smooth.
Portion into small mason jars and freeze for up to 6 months.
Garlic Scape Pesto
Equipment
- 1 food processor
- 6 125ml mason jars
Ingredients
- 1lb fresh garlic scapes approximately 3 cups
- 1 cup Parmesan or Romano cheese shredded
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
- Ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Chop garlic scapes into 1 inch pieces and put into a food processor
- Once a rough pureee, add nuts, cheese and lemon juice
- Pulse Puree for 1 minute
- Slowly add oil while processing 1 minute longer until smooth
- Divide into jars or containers and freeze for up to 6 months
