Pickled Garlic Scapes
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Recipe type: Canning
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Serves: 6 pints
 
A pickled option for this popular spring farmers market find.
Ingredients
  • 100 garlic scapes
  • 12 cloves garlic (2 for each pint jar)
  • 3 teaspoons dried dill (1/2 tsp per pint, or 1 sprig fresh dill per pint)
  • 1½ teaspoons crushed red pepper (1/4 tsp per pint)
  • 5 cups distilled white vinegar
  • 5 cups water
  • ½ cup canning salt
Instructions
  1. Wash your scapes and then cut off the flower stalk at the top- just behind where the white meets the green.
  2. You can cut them into pieces or just curl them into clean, prepared jars. Pack them in there, being sure to leave 1 inch headspace.
  3. To each pint jar, add: 2 cloves garlic, ½ teaspoon dried dill (or 1 sprig fresh dill), and ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper.
  4. On the stovetop, heat 5 cups water, 5 cups vinegar, and ½ cup canning salt to the boiling point, then turn down to a simmer. Carefully ladle the brine into your jars, leaving 1 inch headspace. Secure lids and bands. Process 10 minutes in a boiling water canner.
  5. Allow to sit for 3-4 weeks before eating.
  6. {Makes 6 pints, using approx. 100 garlic scapes. Can be altered as necessary}.
Recipe by Yellow Birch Hobby Farm at https://www.yellowbirchhobbyfarm.com/pickled-garlic-scapes/