Fresh garlic scapeS

RAW: A GARLICKY ALTERNATIVE TO GREEN ONIONS

Raw fresh garlic scapes have a spicy, slightly garlicky taste.

Finely chopped, they will be a good substitute for green onions in your salads, soups, etc. 

1 garlic scape = 1 green onion

LE PETIT MAS: processing garlic scapes

At Le Petit Mas, we process more than 17 tons of fresh garlic scapes into fermented garlic flowers, our specialty.

We sell fresh garlic scapes in some supermarkets. Visit our points of sale page for the complete list.

Stock up on fresh garlic scapes at farmers market. Most farmers sell their garlic scapes in season (mid-June to mid-July).

KEEP A LONGTIMe

Available only in season (mid-June to mid-July), fresh garlic scapes will keep up to more than 1 month in a perforated plastic bag.

Freeze garlic scapes to have them year-round.

amazing scape 

So you know the germ in a garlic clove? When the clove is planted in soil, the germ grows and forms a plant. In springtime, it will sprout 8 to 11 leaves. After the solstice, when days start getting shorter, the scape (the stalk that supports the flower) will appear between the leaves.

In June, the scape curves in on itself. During the summer, it straightens out. In late July, the bud opens into an umbel full of bulbils (which are like large seeds).

We harvest garlic scapes in mid-June, before they straighten out and open, when they are curled approximately twice around themselves. If we wait too long, the scapes will be tough and no longer edible! We harvest the garlic bulb from the same plant, about one month later.

People in Asia, the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe have been enjoying fresh garlic scapes for centuries. In recent years, they have become increasingly popular in Quebec. Be part of the trend!