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Garlic Flowers

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Vegetarian

Taste Profile

They are mild in taste.

Usage Tips

  1. Garlic flowers can be used for sautéing, roasting, boiling, and grilling.
  2. They can be added to soups or salads or used as an edible garnish when finishing hot preparations such as omelette, pizza, and paella.
  3. It can be used in savory side dishes such as rice and mashed potatoes.
  4. They can also be used whole when pickling and preserving vegetables.
  5. Its flavor and texture goes well with butter, cream, mayonnaise and soy sauce.

Description

Garlic flowers are basically the flowering seeds, or bulbils, of the garlic plant. They have a green stem, also known as a scape, and are capped with lime green, pink, or white spherical capsule of fresh small flowers and bulbils.

Health benefits

  • They are rich in allicin which has anti-microbial and antioxidant properties.(1)

Resource & Links

(1) https://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Garlic_Flowers_5962.php

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