Roasted Garlic
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 - 12:11am

Ingredients




1 Head Garlic
2 tablespoons Olive Oil

Preparation

1 Trim off the bottom, where the roots are, of a whole head of garlic. 2 Make sure that a portion of all or most of the garlic cloves are exposed. 3 Place in a sheet of aluminum foil and drizzle the whole thing with olive oil 4 Close up foil into a tight bundle and bake at 350 degrees for an hour 5 Allow to cool and squeeze roasted garlic out of skin.

About


Roasted garlic should be soft, almost a paste, with nut brown color and a sweeter flavor than raw garlic. It can be spread on bread and eaten as an appetizer, or combined with a nice soft cheese, like Brie, on crackers. Roasted garlic makes a wonderful addition to pasta sauces and will dissolve in either tomato or cream sauces giving them a nutty, sweet, garlicky flavor.
Tip: If you are making a lot of roasted garlic, try using a muffin tin and place each head in its own cup, then cover the whole with foil.