Looking for a way to roast an entire clove of garlic.?!
Looking for a way to roast an entire clove of garlic.?
I used to work in this restaurant and one of the menu items was a whole, oven-roasted clove of garlic that once out of the oven, it was served w/focaccia, greek olives, roasted red peppers, hummus and goat cheese. The garlic was cooked so perfectly you could spread it like buttah. Any tips?
Answers:
Roasted Garlic Recipe
1 Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2 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 to a 1/2 inch of the top of cloves, exposing the individual cloves of garlic.
3 Place the garlic heads in a baking pan; muffin pans work well for this purpose. Drizzle a couple teaspoons of olive oil over each head, using your fingers to make sure the garlic head is well coated. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 400°F for 30-35 minutes, or until the cloves feel soft when pressed.
4 Allow the garlic to cool enough so you can touch it without burning yourself. 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.
Eat as is (I love straight roasted garlic) or mash with a fork and use for cooking. Can be spread over warm French bread, mixed with sour cream for a topping for baked potatoes, or mixed in with Parmesan and pasta.
Quick & Easy Roasted Garlic
Roasting a whole bulb of garlic takes well over an hour. We separate the cloves in this recipe and cut the time in half!
2 bulbs garlic, cloves separated, left in the skin
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Place separated garlic cloves in the middle of a sheet of foil.
Drizzle with EVOO and season with salt and pepper. Wrap foil around the cloves creating a little pouch. Place in the oven until cloves soften and you smell the aroma of garlic, about 30-40 minutes.
Remove from the oven, let cool for 5-10 minutes so it is easy to handle, and squeeze garlic out from the skin.