Description
This simple roasted garlic recipe yields soft, caramelized cloves with a rich, mellow flavor perfect for spreading on bread, mixing into sauces, or enhancing your favorite dishes. Roasting garlic in foil allows it to cook evenly while preserving moisture, resulting in a sweet and buttery texture that transforms the pungent raw garlic into a culinary delight.
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 2 heads garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat and prepare garlic: Preheat the oven to 400℉ (200℃). Slice about ½ inch off the top of each garlic head to expose the individual cloves, which helps the olive oil penetrate and ensures even roasting while preventing drying.
- Wrap garlic with oil and salt: Place each garlic head on a sheet of foil. Drizzle ½ tablespoon of olive oil over each head, then sprinkle ⅛ teaspoon of salt over them. Wrap the foil tightly around each head to create a steamy environment that enhances roasting.
- Roast garlic: Arrange the foil-wrapped garlic heads on a baking sheet and roast in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until the cloves become golden brown and soft.
- Cool and extract garlic: Let the roasted garlic cool completely. Once cooled, squeeze the cloves out of their papery skins; they should be soft and spreadable with a caramelized texture and rich flavor, ready to be used in your favorite recipes.
Notes
- For a sweeter flavor, roast a bit longer but watch to prevent burning.
- Store leftover roasted garlic in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- You can also freeze roasted garlic cloves for longer storage.
- Use roasted garlic as a spread, in mashed potatoes, soups, sauces, or dressings to add depth of flavor.
