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Jennie@ifish
05-18-2006, 04:57 PM
Love roasted garlic?

Me too!

So, I always buy a whole bag of it at Costco. Although it's not the best garlic, it works well for roasting, and it's inexpensive.

Once fresh garlic comes around, watch out! That stuff is the best. So much different than store bought! Big whole cloves that peel easily and pop out with huge cloves. Yum.

Anyhow, to roast it on the bbq, follow these instructions.

Cut the tip off of the garlic head, trying to tip all of the cloves.

Peel as much of the 'paper' off as you can, without breaking up the clove, and leaving all cloves exposed, and cut.

Get out a piece of aluminum foil big enough to wrap that clove up tight. hold it in your hand, with the garlic in the center, like a bowl. Drizzle it with a bit of olive oil, just enough to make it slippery.

Wrap it tight in the foil. Place on grill for 15 minutes. (Not on direct flame.) I use a traeger, which is like an oven. Use the oven, if it's on, anyhow at 350 to 400.

Take it out, and let it cool off a bit.

Then, when the head is out and cooled, just pinch them at the base, and the cloves come out, perfectly whole!

Use this on garlic bread, or with fruit, toast points and brie, in fresh vegetables, whatever! You can even mush it up and use it as a spread on roasts.

I love garlic, so I could eat the stuff raw!

Jen

davidg
05-19-2006, 02:27 PM
:food::yeahthat: :food:

Roasted garlic is one of the easiest way to improve so many dishes. It's much easier to squeeze roasted garlic out of the cloves rather than individually peeling and dicing raw garlic. And it tastes better!

Here's a good one....roasted garlic salsa.

Diced roma tomatoes, onion, cilantro, jalepenos (if you want it spicy), lime juice (or vinegar), salt, pepper, and of course roasted garlic. Sorry for lack of measurements.

MarlinMark
05-22-2006, 04:02 AM
Jen,

Only 15 minutes at 350? Is it still very firm? I bought my Dad a terra cotta garlic roaster once and it called for almost an hour for a head of garlic. Soft, warm, spreadable, and delicious.

Mark