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    HOW I LEARNT TO LOVE elephant garlic

    Feb 28, 2019 3 minutes

    WE’VE probably all heard of elephant garlic, Russian garlic and giant garlic – which are in fact all the same animal. It’s one of the tough-as-nails edibles and is often cursed once it decides to make your garden its home. I certainly did but now I praise its tenacity and value. Elephant garlic is more closely related to leeks than to garlic and this is where I think it shines – as a garlic-flavoured leek.

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