{"id":7894,"date":"2021-06-26T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2021-06-28T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:30:03","slug":"pickle-garlic-scapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/pickle-garlic-scapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fermented Garlic Scapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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These Fermented Garlic Scapes<\/strong> have a gorgeous, deep, garlicky flavor complemented by a pleasant sourness. Garlic scapes come into season during the late spring and early summer, so look for them at farmers' markets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Garlic scapes are the serpentine flower of the garlic plant. In late spring and early summer, farmers cut away the stem and flower, which forces the plant to send its energy downwards - toward the root. As a result, garlic plants produce bigger bulbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flower, or scape, has a delicate garlic flavor that's less pronounced than the flavor of the mature cloves. It also offers a fresh, green edge reminiscent of scallions. You can eat them raw, saut\u00e9 them as you would garlic cloves, grill them, turn them into garlic scape pesto<\/a> - or pickle and ferment them, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What's in it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This recipe calls for brine-pickling or fermenting the garlic scapes. Brine pickling is a fermentation technique that's also used in making sour pickles <\/a>and these fermented carrots<\/a>. And it's easy, too, calling only for your vegetables (in this case garlic scapes), salt, water, and spices (if you like them).<\/p>\n\n\n\n