Rocambole garlic
Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon · Allium
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Rocambole is the classic hardneck garlic (Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon), the type that throws up a coiling flower stalk, or scape, and packs its heads with a handful of large, easy-peeling cloves prized for the richest, most complex, deep-savoury flavour of any garlic.
Picking a good onedrag
Hard, dormant, wrappers wholeSprouted, hollow, skins gone
Firm and paperyEveryday bestAnything: sofrito, confit, whole heads roasted.
SqueezeFirm through, no soft spot anywhere
WrappersOne wrapper split, papery clove skins beneath
The neck stalkStalk dry and firm, clove tips still ivory
SmellFaint dry allium, nothing sharp
What you get from one
87%
Edible part
roughly 13% off · skin and root plate