How to Make Your Own Homemade Spice With Garlic Scapes

Beautiful Garlic Scapes!

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By huggingthecoast
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Since the garlic scape season is a fairly short one in many parts of the country, this recipe will allow you to conveniently add the bright taste of garlic scapes to your meals all year round. This spice can also be added to homemade dehydrated soup mixes so you can have the taste of garlic on the go, and in a lightweight yet durable format for campers, etc. This would also make a great homemade gift for any die-hard garlic lover!

This recipe also allows garlic scape nuts…er aficionados to justify large purchases of garlic scapes in season because dehydrated scapes take up much less space than fresh ones and have a long shelf life while still retaining their flavor and nutritional value.

As far as I know, no company has yet decided to put garlic scape spice on the market, so if you want to enjoy the goodness of garlic scape spice, you’ll have to make your own. Luckily, it's pretty easy.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Garlic scapes
Food processor or sharp knife
Electric multi-tray dehydrator
Mortar and pestle (optional)
Food processor or coffee/spice mill (optional)
Suitable spice jar or bottle for storage

Step 1

The numbers in the photo correspond to the listed steps.

Grab a few handfuls of garlic scapes, clean them, and shake the water out. Use a food processor to puree’ your garlic scapes (you may need to cut them in pieces before loading them into the food processor). Or chop your garlic scapes with a sharp kitchen knife as finely as you can.
Step 2

Pour the pureed garlic scapes onto the trays of your electric dehydrator and turn it on. Dehydration should take 4-6 hours. The garlic scapes are done when they are dry and brittle like the dried chives you get in the spice jars you find in the supermarket.
Step 3

To give your garlic scape spice a versatile, dried chive texture, use a mortar and pestle and grind the newly dried spice until it’s the texture you like. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, you can hand crumble the spice in a bowl instead.
Step 4

To give your garlic scape spice a fine, powdery texture, just pour the dried scapes into your food processor or coffee mill/spice grinder and process until fine. Or just keep processing it until it’s the right texture with a mortar and pestle.
Step 5

Store your finished garlic scape spice in a glass jar or bottle…enjoy!