Roasted Garlic
Our favorite way to consume garlic!
Jordan & I were invited to dinner at our fellow farmers home. We enjoyed a top notch, high quality steak dinner, grilled soughdough bread and steamed fresh vegetables, but what we came away with more than just a fabulous meal and a deeper friendship was the knowledge of “how to roast garlic”!
I had heard/read alittle about roasting garlic, but passed it off to quickly without giving it much thought. I am a simple cook that likes basic, healthy local ingredients and the idea of roasting garlic before I used it was an extra step in preparing dinner I didn’t think I needed. Was I ever wrong!
Our friends made it look so easy! They wrapped up different varieties in foil marked them to taste test the flavors and baked them as they made dinner. What we noticed most was how the sugars had carmelized and the garlic became a mellow, sweet, flavor and a soft texture that we had not known to be possible with garlic.
We realize that many folks do not talk about their food as much as we do but we have also had several dinner parties where we have included the garlic taste test to our menu and it has been a fun time with lots of opinions! Remember to remind your guests to not eat too much if they have not had garlic in large quanties before. Garlic is delicious but powerful.
Here is the simple recipe to roast garlic:
Cut the top off of the garlic bulbs to expose the tips of the cloves.
Place into a small baker or wrap in tinfoil.
Drizzle olive oil (or you can use Avocado oil) over these cloves so the oil runs down into the bulb. Approximately 1 tbsp per bulb.
Bake at 350* for 1 hour
Remove from the oven and set on the counter to cool. Garlic is hot and sticky so be careful.
We often place the warm garlic directly on our table so everyone can take a bulb and peel their own clove. Roasted garlic is the texture of a mashed potato and can be easily squeezed out of its wrapper.
Tip: We love to eat roasted garlic with meats, vegetables, or breads. Remember to roast more than you think you will eat in one meal. Leftovers are absolutely delicious in pastas dishes, on sandwiches, in mashed potatoes & salad dressings and garlic toast of course!
Remember the flavor of the garlic is now sweet, and milder!
