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Garlic Scape Garbanzo Bean Dip

Garlic Scape Garbanzo Bean Dip

My cousins have an organic farm, and for years we’ve gotten most of our veggies there every summer.

We look forward to their amazing eggs, their huge heirloom tomatoes and their wonderful variety of greens every summer. But despite the fact that some years they grow garlic, I had to get my garlic scapes elsewhere.

For a while, I didn’t say anything. But finally a year or two ago, I asked about why they don’t sell the garlic scapes. Then I went on and on about how much I love them and seek them out every spring and early summer.

This year the farm has scapes. And I am so excited about it.

Garlic Scapes

Not familiar with the garlic scape? That’s okay.

A garlic scape is the curly-Qs you see above – it’s the part of garlic plant that grows above ground. These babies have a lot of the same garlic flavor without being quite as sharp as garlic itself. You can use them however you would normally use garlic — in pesto, carbonara, risotto, etc.

Garlic Scape Garbanzo Bean Dip Ingredients

When the kids and I picked up our CSA share today from the farm (that’s community supported agriculture — it’s basically a share in the farm’s output for the season), I couldn’t wait to get home and put a garlic scape to use. We immediately set to work making a garlic scape-flavored dip. Though this is made with garbanzo beans and is similar to a hummus, it lacks the sesame flavor to make it a true hummus.

You can if you want. My kids do. C’est la vie.

This Garlic Scape Garbanzo Bean Dip is so simple and easy to make. It takes 10 minutes and tastes divine. Just combine the ingredients in a food processor and process until its smooth. The sriracha adds a little zestiness to the flavor without making it spicy.

To serve, I sliced up some fresh carrots that also came in our CSA box. The lightly sweet veggies were perfect with this dip, but you could also serve it with pretzels, crackers, cucumbers, tomatoes or whatever you have on hand.

What do you make with garlic scapes?

Garlic Scape Garbanzo Bean Dip
Garlic Scape Garbanzo Dip

Garlic Scape Garbanzo Dip

Yield: 8 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 15.5- oz can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 garlic scape, roughly chopped (don't use any woody parts)
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1/4 tsp sriracha
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. Serve with veggies for dipping.

beth

Monday 1st of July 2013

i just made up a batch of garlic scape pesto, and we've had garlic scape carbonara a few times (yummy!). debating what to do with the last batch - either another batch of pesto to go in the freezer, or maybe this dip. :)

Kirsten

Wednesday 26th of June 2013

Sarah, I picked up the last of the scapes today from my CSA farm share, and now I'm in a debate between making another version of garlic scape (this would make version #4 this season) or this. Last week I took some of version #3 and added it to hummus in place of garlic--yum! Also delicious on pizza (the kids raved about the cheese pizza using garlic scape pesto sauce, said it tasted like cheesy garlic bread). Hmm, cheese garlic bread . . . now I need to stop drooling.

Thanks, Sarah!

Sarah W. Caron

Friday 28th of June 2013

So ... what did you decide? I love garlic scape pesto too -- and sometimes make it with Swiss chard. Mmm...

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