I needed to use this in another recipe and realized that some people may have never roasted garlic before. Amazing. It's really good. You can add it to dishes for a nice subtle garlic flavor or spread it on crunchy bread for a real treat (maybe a girl night thing). Anyway, if you have never done this, it's super easy and you should give it a whirl. Ready, set, go...
adapted from: simply recipes
Ingredients
• Garlic bulb(s)
• Olive oil
Preparation
• Preheat the oven to 400°.
• Peel away the outer layers of the garlic bulb skin, leaving the skins of the individual cloves intact. Using a knife, cut off 1/4 inch of the top of cloves, exposing the individual cloves of garlic.
• Place the garlic heads in a baking dish and drizzle olive oil over each head and cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 1 hour, or until the cloves feel soft when pressed.
• Allow the garlic to cool enough so you can touch it without burning yourself and then use a small small knife cut the skin slightly around each clove. Use a cocktail fork or your fingers to pull or squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of their skins.
How long does it keep once it's roasted? What's the best way to store it?
ReplyDeleteWhat I do is I get all the roasted garlic out of the skins and put it all in a little tupperware in the refrigerator until I use it. I never keep anything longer than about 3-4 days in the fridge (once it's been opened) so I would treat this the same way. You could probably freeze it for later use too. I never have but I don't see why not?
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