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Lautrec garlic
Lautrec garlic is know as the best garlic in the world. This light pink coloured, aromatic and rather sweet garlic grows around the medieval village of Lautrec on calcareous clay soils in south western France.
Availability Lautrec garlic
Origin
Lautrec garlic has been a popular product in the Lautrec region since the beginning of the Middle Ages. Legend says that the garlic was introduced by an unknown traveler who could not afford his stay in Lautrec and therefore tried to pay with a mysterious pink garlic variety. The curious innkeeper then decided to plant the garlic and the rest is history.
FRANCE
How to store
Keep the Lautrec garlic at a dry and dark place
How to eat
The garlic can be used just like regular garlic and takes any dish to a higher level. You can cut garlic into thin slices, press, chop and eat it raw. Or you can fry or roast it in the oven which is recommend.
