Holy Grail Garlic
Proudly a Member of the Braidwood Garlic Growers
Co-operative Ltd.
This is the Monaro Purple from the Turban Family, and one of beautiful types of garlic we grow.
We regularly hold garlic tastings to explore the amazing range of flavours
The Plaits
There are two styles of plait here.
Its somewhat of a skill to create a lovely looking braid of garlic. |
Our garlic is available from our Produce Stall, in the Courtyard of Provisions Deli and Grocery, 56 Wallace St., Braidwood from 8.30am Saturdays, and from our online store with Farmhouse Direct
We will have our Turban group garlics, Monaro Purple and Crookneck White ready as fresh garlic in mid November. Fresh (also know as green) garlic is "just harvested" garlic and is deliciously juicy and crisp with softer flavours than when dried or cured. What's Growing? The Clarevale Farm and Wynlen House garlic partnership growing early, mid and late season garlic varieties is going very well. This means Australian garlic on your table from April to November when the usual garlic varieties are sold out or ready for planting. In November each year the harvest starts with the Turban varieties; Monaro Purple and White Crookneck These are lovely garlics with soft flavours, sweet and mild but with a bit of a kick. December/January, is harvest time for our mid to late season garlics from the Creole family. Spanish Roja and Festival. Once properly dried and cured, a process that takes about 12 weeks, these garlics will store well for 6 t0 8 months. Spanish Roja has quite a different flavour profile from the Turbans. It is hot and spicy. Late December/January is when we harvest our late season garlics. Dunganski from the Standard Purple Stripe Family and Lokolen from the Silver Skin family. These garlics also have very distinctive flavours and store well for 10 to 12 months These are varieties you cannot buy at the greengrocer or supermarket as they are varieties not commonly grown here. Wait until you taste them when they are ready in mid 2018! For more information |
