The curlicues you see here are garlic scapes. They are the buds of future blossoms on the garlic in our garlic bed. Until a couple of years ago, I pretty much ignored them or cut them off so the garlic would develop underground. Then I found out that garlic scapes are great to eat. They can be roasted and eaten just like they are or chopped and added to dishes. I have a new recipe for garlic scapes and white bean curry that I want to try this year.
However, our favorite way to eat them is in garlic scape pesto. It's a simple pesto of 1 cup chopped garlic scapes, 1/3 cup walnuts, juice of one lemon, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup olive oil, and salt and pepper. It is delicious on pasta but amazing on pizza. We spread the pizza with the pesto, add mozzarella cheese, some chopped proscuitto, diced bell pepper, blobs of homemade ricotta cheese, and a dusting of pecorino Romano cheese, in that order.
I love cool and interesting culinary surprises...like eating the buds of garlic blossoms. Breath-wise, just make sure everyone at the table eats it!
You are such a good cook and you are so inventive. I think you should direct your energy to creating a culinary sensation that involves cherries, garlic and bananas....whoa-Yum....*<[:(I)
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