Drôme's garlic

Valdaine plain, to the East of Montélimar, is where IGP garlic is produced (IGP= label certifying the origin of the product). The varieties cultivated today are the same as 6000 years ago. Major element in Mediteranean cooking, garlic has well-known purposes.  Garlic production includes green garlic (or new garlic) and dry garlic, harvested by the end of July. Garlic then dries in the open and can be easily preserved in brade, bunch, nest or bale.