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Roasted Garlic

[heart_this] · Feb 19, 2008 · 13 Comments

Roasted Garlic

I have been wanting to try roasting garlic for a while now. This weekend I finally got around to roasting some garlic to make garlic mashed potatoes. Raw garlic is pungent and can be quite strong. The roasted garlic mellowed out nicely and became smooth and a little sweet. I cannot believe how good it was! I ate a lot of it as it was when it came out of the oven. I will have to remember to make extra for snacking next time. Now I am going to have to look for more recipes that call for roasted garlic so that I can make some more.

Roasted Garlic

Roasted Garlic

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes Servings: 1
ingredients
  • 1 head of garlic
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
directions
  1. Cut the top of the head of garlic off such that a little bit of each clove is exposed.
  2. Drizzle olive oil on the exposed garlic cloves and season with the salt and pepper.
  3. Cover the garlic head in aluminum foil.
  4. Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until the garlic is soft and golden brown, about 30-60 minutes.
Use in:
Tostones with Roasted Garlic Mayo
Creamy Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Garlic Hummus
Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette
Veal Scallopini with Sundried Tomato Sauce
Roasted Garlic Gorgonzola Butter
Roasted Garlic and Porcini Mushroom Goat Cheese Butter

Similar Recipes:
Slow Cooker Roasted Garlic

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  1. Sarah C. says

    February 20, 2008 at 3:22 am

    Roasted garlic is one of the best flavors! It can instantly perk up any tired dish and it takes no effort at all. Yours look wonderful!

    We have a new strain of garlic (at trader joes) that is basically one massive clove instead of multiple cloves in each head. I will get more of those soon and post about roasting the massive cloves since I have been dreaming about it for a while.

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  2. Vicki says

    February 20, 2008 at 3:31 am

    Roasted garlic + good crusty bread = dinner.

    FYI, Trader Joe’s is going to stop selling “single-ingredient food items” imported from China on April 1st, so that garlic won’t be available any more.

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  3. Jaime says

    February 20, 2008 at 4:28 am

    i LOVE roasted garlic! i can’t believe you haven’t tried it before – it’s the only way to make garlic bread 🙂

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  4. tigerfish says

    February 20, 2008 at 4:36 am

    Thanks for this! It is so easy but I never thought of doing it.

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  5. LisaRene says

    February 20, 2008 at 6:22 am

    My personal favorite use for roasted garlic is to serve it warm with a nice goat cheese, olives and crusty bread. Dinner is served!

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  6. Pixie says

    February 20, 2008 at 9:35 am

    I’m a lover of roasted garlic. I love the sweetness of it and your garlic mash sounds wonderful.

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  7. Meg Wolff says

    February 20, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    This looks like a great idea.

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  8. Pam says

    February 21, 2008 at 12:34 am

    I saw your gorgeous cloves on your mashed potatoes!

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  9. Dhanggit says

    February 21, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    oh i love this!!! this garlic goes perfect with anything

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  10. Nilmandra says

    February 22, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Mmmm this is a household of garlic lovers. I’m sure heads of garlic will be roasting in my oven soon! I read about roasting garlic somewhere a long time ago and it was a suggestion for making spreadable garlic to go on bread. I’m making my mouth water now lol…

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  11. cakewardrobe says

    February 25, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    Roasted garlic is such a good snack! my dad has DEFINITELY brainwashed me at a young age to be a garlic fan. We love to eat it raw wrapped in a lettuce leaf with Korean beef. Uh oh! You got me started. It looks like this is going to be my snack when I get home from work tonight!

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  12. Pacho says

    February 28, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    Michael Ruhlman, chef and cookbook author: “Soul of a Chef”, “The French Laundry”, and my favorite, “Charcuterie.” In the latter he deems roasted garlic fantastic, but believes that steam-roasting is superior to simply baking in foil:
    Preheat oven to 325F/160C. Place 6 heads root down in a baking pan just large enough to hold them. Add water (maybe white wine?) to a depth of about 1/4 inch and cover w/foil. Bake til completely soft, about 1 hr. Let cool, then cut in half horizontally and squeeze the pulp out. He pushes it through a sieve to remove any skin. Says it keeps in fridge for a week.

    Cheers!

    Pacho

    Reply
  13. Baking is my Zen...sweet nibbles for the soul says

    July 25, 2010 at 5:09 am

    Delightful!

    Carmen

    Reply

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