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Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter

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This Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter is so very tasty and couldn’t be easier! It enhances the flavor of fish and seafood, vegetables, potatoes, pasta, just about anything you can imagine!

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Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter
Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter

I am so excited about this post! Not because it’s anything terribly special or clever but because Garlic Scapes are my new, favorite food on the planet! I have always been afraid to try planting garlic because we have very heavy, clay soil. Every year I would go to the garlic festivals in August and just wish. Last year I got my husband on board (because he loves garlic too). So we got 3 or 4 bags of sand from the garden center. We also used peat moss, pea stone and some topsoil I had leftover from spring planting. He got out the backhoe and went to town.

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Any excuse to get out the heavy equipment and he is in! I don’t know why I didn’t think about it before!!

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So I planted 18 cloves from the garlic I got at the garlic festival; a variety of cultivars, just to see which ones liked our soil best!

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I was so excited when I saw them come up this Spring! I watched for garlic scapes (the stalk of and flower bud) carefully. They can not flower or the flower will take the nutrients from the bulb and the bulbs will be smaller. So you cut off the buds and stalks.

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Too my further delight, in mid June the scapes finally appeared. I have been looking at other bloggers’ posts with envy every year with all the garlic scape recipes. I have never found them at the farmer’s market. Apparently, the farmers don’t know there is a demand for them.

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Anyhoo, enough about garlic planting.. on to my Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter! Garlic Scapes have a very mild flavor. No bitterness to be found! Not exactly like roasted garlic, but reminiscent. It couldn’t be easier to make either.

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Let your butter come to room temperature. Chop the garlic scapes fairly small, both the buds and the stalks. Saute’ the garlic scapes for a few minutes in just a tad of olive oil, just to soften. You don’t want them to brown or lose their glorious color! Then let them come to room temperature. Chop a bit of parsley, basil and chives. Oregano, sage and thyme would be great too, depending on the flavor profile you are looking for.

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Use the Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter on fresh vegetables, here on mixed summer squash. It is also great on fish, seafood, meats.

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Quick and easy variation of bruschetta or garlic bread is also great! Check out my friend Laura Tobin’s post from Your Guardian Chef, for a great tutor on bruschetta!You also might like these other awesome recipes I’ve made with garlic scapes! Chicken Florentine Pizza with Garlic Scape Pesto, Garlic Scape Pesto, Shrimp Pasta Salad with Garlic Scape Pesto.

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I hope you enjoyed the post today! Leave a comment below and let me know if you have used garlic scapes and what your favorite recipes for garlic scapes are!

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy! And have fun cooking!

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Recipe

5 from 8 votes
Butter in a small glass bowl with lots of green herbs running through it and parsley garnish
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Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
 

This Garlic Scape Herb Compound Butter is easy with a beautifully mild garlic flavor!

Course: Condiment
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 pound
Calories: 100 kcal
Author: Binky
Ingredients
  • 1 lb unsalted butter, softened to room temperature.
  • 1/2 c garlic scape, buds and stalks, chopped
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
  • 1 splash olive oil
Instructions

  1. Soften garlic in olive oil over medium low heat, watching carefully. Garlic should just soften, not brown. Once garlic has softened, allow to cool to room temperature.

  2. Add butter, garlic and herbs together. Mix thoroughly. Wrap in wax paper or plastic wrap. Cool in refrigerator or store in freezer to prolong shelf life.

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  2. I’m not a gardener and have never planted anything in my life. In fact, I even managed to kill off a plant from my in-laws that they said will definitely not be kill-able (oh hello, not kill-able you say?). Jokes aside, this compound butter looks so lovely, I’m drooling at the pictures. I’m guessing I will need to use garlic cloves then šŸ™‚

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    • I would try roasting the garlic cloves and adding a bit more fresh herbs so you don’t lose the pretty color! It will be a bit different, but closer to the flavor than raw garlic! Thanks for your comment Anita! (If it makes you feel any better I have a BS in horticulture and kill houseplants too! šŸ™‚ )

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  3. I can think of SO MANY things that this would be delicious on/with!! So perfect even with just a simple loaf of fresh bread!

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    • Absolutely! I’ve made a few things but I could honestly eat it straight, lol! I still have 1/2 pound left, I’ll update and show you what I made with it!

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    • Oh, do you really? I have talked to 2 local farmers and told them to save them for me next year. Hopefully next year! Thanks Ginny!

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  8. I love garlic scape too and haven’t thought about planting it in my garden. Great idea! I bet that spread is amazing!

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