Once upon a time there was a girl who desperately wanted to roast garlic.
She kept hearing wonderful things about roasted garlic…
“It’s like a buttery spread”
“It’s sweet and mellow and not overpowering”
“I eat it when I feel a cold coming on.”
“I eat it roasted straight from the head! I’M CRAZY!!”
This made the girl crave roasted garlic badly until one day she HAD TO HAVE BUTTERY ROASTED GARLIC right this very second.
This girl did what she always does when she doesn’t know the answer to something…
which is…all the time.
Oops.
Here we go.
This search led her to a video on how to roast garlic. Here’s what she learned…
How To Roast Garlic
Note: It’s recommended you stay 2 feet from your computer screen.
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400F. Peel off the loose skin.
Step 2: Cut off the head so the garlic is exposed at the top.
If your knife misses a couple cloves, just use a paring knife to cut the tips off.
Step 3: Place a piece of tin foil underneath the garlic and drizzle about 1 tsp of olive oil on top, making sure to cover each exposed clove.
Step 4: Wrap each garlic clove in tin foil and place in a small oven-safe dish or muffin tin.
Step 5: Roast in the oven for 35-55 minutes at 400F until the cloves are golden in colour.
Step 6: Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes before gently squeezing the garlic out of each skin. You can also use a paring knife to cut away the skin.
The pungent flavour of raw garlic is now gone, leaving behind a buttery and mild garlic spread. You can spread it on bread, mix into roasted tomato basil pesto, mash into high protein potatoes, use in pasta sauce, or eat it straight up!
You could also create the best soup you’ve ever made…(recipe coming up!)
You know what they say, when one person eats garlic…everyone eats garlic.
Follow thy rule.
Now get your roast on.
This girl is going to chew on a mint plant now.
I’ve honestly been wondering how to do this for years! Thank you!
On that slice of bread it looks so delectable!!! LOL at the mint plant! My mom can always detect when I have eaten hummus because she can smell the garlic! I can’t help it, I love it! :)
I loooooove roasted garlic! Back when my husband and I first started dating (I mean, when my husband was my boyfriend…does that make any sense?) he made roasted garlic one night when I had to work late. When I came home, the apartment smelled SO EFFING GOOD — and the roasted garlic was delish. It basically confirmed my suspicions that he was The One. :)
haha that’s cute :) A roasted garlic love story!
Delicious. Just beware that if you eat the whole head, there WILL be repercussions! :)
I will . Have to definitely give this a go…
Just made some of your back on track brown rice and chickpea salad for my lunch for today :) xx
I am one of those “i don’t care if everyone has to smell my garlic breath” kind of girls. Love this!
I love the flavour of roast garlic, but I’m always too lazy to do it myself. :P But this would be amazing on crostini or bruschetta!
I have roasted garlic a couple times and it is DIVINE!! Glad you tried it, and loved it, for yourself!
How cool! I actually had no idea how to do this. Bahah I google pretty much everything too :)
i adore roasted garlic…it’s so amazing! i love our little garlic roaster that we have – it’s terra cotta i believe? – it takes the burning out of the foil that i unfortunately always run into!
I’m dying to get one of those garlic roaster pots – they are just so cute (although I’d probably never use it!) You can never have too much garlic – ha!
YUM! I love roasted garlic but haven’t made it in waaay too long. Actually, I think you’ve just inspired another to-do on my list of weekend cooking activities! Photos look great Ange, and I can’t wait for that recipe!
Mmm! That looks so good! I LOVE roast garlic! (and the way it makes your kitchen smell)
I have never made roasted garlic, but I like it in recipes…I think there has been a few I have tried..adds great flavor!!
Oh. My. Lanta. (Holla, DJ Tanner!). I am salivating. Angela, this is so great! I will totally be using this tutorial!
For someone who loves garlic, I have never actually roasted my own!! I need to do that!
Definitely a good thing to know. Yum!
I have ALWAYS wanted to make roasted garlic but for some reason I felt like it took forever. I will definitely be trying this over the weekend (as if I didn’t eat enough garlic already)!
I could make a dinner out of roasted garlic.
I’m not a big raw garlic fan because it is too strong. Roasted garlic is so much better, but I’ve never made it myself. Thanks for the idea :)