Roasted Garlic Recipe and Technique

Roasting garlic will give you a good mouth-filling taste of garlic but without the sharp pungency of fresh. You can substitute it in almost any recipe calling for garlic. Experiment and see if it is better.

Prep Time10

Active Time45

Course: Appetizer, Dip

Keyword: Roasted Garlic

Ingredients

1 head of Garlic
Salt
2 tablespoons Olive Oil

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 450°F.
Remove as much of the papery peeling from the garlic as possible without breaking the cloves apart.
Place the garlic in an oven-safe bowl with a lid and drizzle with the oil and sprinkle with the salt.
Cover and place in oven.
Roast until the garlic is soft and creamy, about 45 minutes, when you squeeze the cloves.
Squeeze out the garlic from the peels and mash with a fork.
Discard the peels.
Use what you need and keep the rest in the refrigerator for up to a week.

It is worth planning an Italian night just to use up any leftover garlic you have. Spread some good Italian bread with butter then the room-temperature roasted garlic mash. Sprinkle with salt and bake in the oven until toasted for some of the best garlic bread you will ever eat.