Garlic Scape Pesto

You don't have to wait for your basil or your garlic to make pesto with this recipe. For the uninitiated, garlic scapes are the elegant flowers that emerge from hardneck garlic varieties. Scapes are usually removed as a way of sending more of the plant's vital energy into bulb formation, or so the conventional thinking goes.

Ingredients:

1⁄3 c walnuts

3⁄4 c olive oil

1⁄2 c grated parmigiano

1⁄2 t salt

black pepper to taste

1 c garlic scapes, top flowery part removed, cut into ¼-inch slices

Instructions:

Place scapes and walnuts in the bowl of a food processor and whiz until well combined and somewhat smooth. Slowly drizzle in oil and process until integrated. With a rubber spatula, scoop pesto out of bowl and into a mixing bowl. Add parmigiano to taste; add salt and pepper. Makes about 6 ounces of pesto. Keeps for up to one week in an air-tight container in the refrigerator. For ½ pound short pasta such as penne, add about 2 tablespoons of pesto to cooked pasta and stir until pasta is well coated.

Yield:

12 servings

Prep Time:

10 minutes

Source:

Photo Credit: garlic scape, originally uploaded by paul goyette

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