Field notes
Everything I know about growing, curing and eating outrageously large garlic — written from the field, not a content calendar.
Recipes
Elephant garlic butter: roast it, mash it, keep it
Roasted elephant garlic mashed into salted butter — mild, sweet, spreadable. How to make it, how to keep it, and the dishes it quietly improves.
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Elephant garlic confit: cloves cooked to jam
Elephant garlic confit — thumb-sized cloves cooked slowly in oil until they spread like jam. The method, the timing, and how long the jar really keeps.
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Elephant garlic scape pesto (a two-week recipe)
Blitz elephant garlic scapes into a mild green pesto with parmesan, nuts and oil. A scapes recipe you can only make for two weeks in May.
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How to roast elephant garlic whole
Roast a whole elephant garlic bulb: 170°C fan, about an hour, foil and olive oil. Timings by bulb weight, the air-fryer method, and what to do with the gold.
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Elephant garlic corms, rounds & other surprises
Dug up something weird? Corms, rounds, single bulbs, yellow leaves and rust explained — what each one means, what to do next, and what's still edible.
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How to cook elephant garlic: uses & recipes
What to do with elephant garlic: roast it whole, confit it, mash it into butter, shave it raw. Recipes, a substitution calculator, and the blue-garlic mystery.
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Elephant garlic flowers, scapes & bolting
Elephant garlic throws a flower stalk in late spring — the scape. When to cut it, why it matters for bulb size, and three ways to cook it.
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Elephant garlic vs garlic: the actual difference
Elephant garlic isn't garlic at all — it's a giant, mild leek relative. Size, taste, botany and price compared, plus when to use which one.
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When to pick elephant garlic: harvest, curing & storage
Pick elephant garlic in July, when the lower leaves yellow and the plant leans. The signs, the lifting technique, curing times and how long it keeps.
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What is elephant garlic? The complete guide
Elephant garlic explained: a giant, mild allium that's closer to a leek than true garlic. Size, taste, history, nutrition — and what to do with one.
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When to plant elephant garlic in the UK
Plant elephant garlic in October or November — early enough to root, cold enough to split into cloves. The window, the why, and the spring-planting trap.
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Where to buy elephant garlic in the UK
Can you buy elephant garlic in Tesco? Almost never. Where it's actually sold in the UK — supermarkets, marketplaces and specialist growers — with honest prices.
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How to grow elephant garlic in the UK
When to plant elephant garlic, how deep, how far apart — the whole method for an open Lincolnshire field, and the one mistake that ruins the most bulbs.
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