Easy Wrapped and Roasted Garlic Scapes

Karen and Denny's Kitchen July 23, 2022

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Roasted garlic scapes are a great way to use fresh garlic scapes are in season.

Wrapped And Roasted Garlic Scapes

Freshly roasted garlic scapesare easy to make and there are several ways to do it. When you make roasted garlic scaFes the flower head gets a kind of stringy texture to it, so you will want to trim those off and discard them or chop them up for use in a different recipe. Wash and clean the scapes placing them in a large bowl. Add your olive oil and massage the scapes with salt. Lay out a large piece of aluminum foil and wrap the garlic scapes tightly in the foil. You can toss them on the grill or lay the package on a sheet pan in a hot oven to roast them

Why Don’t They Sell Garlic Scapes In The Store

Of course you can’t make roasted garlic scapes if you can’t find garlic scapes.

First, they typically have to cut the garlic scape off the plant by hand, but you can find garlic scapes in some markets, especially farmer’s markets.
You’ll have to be quick about purchasing your garlic scapes because garlic scapes are a very short-season crop. If you find them at all, it will likely be in the last few weeks of June.

The First Problem, store-bought sour cream is cheaper because they reduce the cost of making the sour cream by adding regular milk instead of cream along with a lot of thickening agents, starches, and gums, among other more artificial ingredients.

The Second Problem is, When you find a quality store-bought sour cream that doesn’t contain all the added junk, the price tends to become prohibitive. Therefore you do not save any money by making it yourself, so unless you’re just experimenting, you may as well have just purchased the cultured butter.

When, Where, and How To Plant Garlic

One great solution for having freshly roasted garlic scapes is to grow your own garlic.

While you can plant garlic in the early spring, garlic, people will usually plant it during the cool of fall as temperatures begin to come down.

Zones 1-4 plant bulbs in late October – November.
Zones 5-7 September – October
Zones 8-9 November – December(In Zone 8-9) You’ll need to store your garlic bulbs in the refrigerator for at least a couple of months before planting them, allowing the garlic to go through the vernalization process of a cold winter.

To grow garlic in 1 year, you will want to plant garlic cloves instead of seeds.

You can plant 4-9 garlic gloves per sq. foot in a garden bed, raised bed, planter boxes, or even in pots, and the bulbs will grow throughout the fall, winter, and spring. I usually plant 5 leaving plenty of room for the bulbs to grow. Cover them with a few inches of leaves or straw for the winter and rake most of that back in the spring.

Buy garlic for planting here