elephant garlic
Gentle allium giant
Elephant garlic is a variety of leek that produces large bulbs resembling garlic but with a milder, sweeter flavor.
Despite its name and appearance, it's more closely related to leeks than to true garlic.
The cloves are massive—often the size of regular garlic bulbs themselves: Roasted elephant garlic spreads like butter.
- leekMild cylindrical onion relative
- alliumOnion family plants
- wild leekForaged woodland allium
- scapesLeafless flower stems
- clovesDried flower-bud spice
mild flavor · heirloom varieties · allicin · braiding · cultivar · aioli · culinary herb · perennial · spring planting · farmers market · roasting · Mediterranean · pungent · mashed · harvest · mellow · garden · mild
- root vegetablescarrot, potato, beet, radish, turnip
- alliumsonion, leek, shallot, chive, scallion
- garlic
- bulbsbulb, tulip bulb, daffodil bulb, onion bulb, light bulb
- allium dishesonion rings, French onion soup, caramelized onions, fried onions, onion dip
pungency/flavor intensity
elephant garlicraw garlic
Unprocessed pungent cooking bulb
black garlic · hot peppers · horseradish · wasabi · mustard