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Roast Garlic

Roast Garlic

Transform your cooking with this Roast Garlic recipe! With its sweet, buttery flavor, it's a must-have ingredient for any meal. Perfect for enhancing dishes like pasta, bread, and dips, you'll want to make this again and again!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 1 servings
Course: Side Dishes
Cuisine: General
Calories: 70
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bulb garlic
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Equipment

  • Chef's Knife
  • Oven

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 400ยบ F.
  2. Slice the top end off of the garlic bulb about 1/4-inch. Place on a sheet of aluminum foil.
  3. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle on salt and pepper. Fold aluminum foil to form a packet and place in the oven for one hour.
  4. Remove from the oven and allow to sit for 3-5 minutes. Then, remove garlic bulb from foil packet. Squeeze garlic bulb at root end to remove garlic cloves from the bulb.
  5. Use in any number of recipes.

Notes

  • Storage: Store leftover roasted garlic in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
  • Freezing: Yes, you can freeze roasted garlic!
  • Pairing: Roasted garlic pairs wonderfully with pasta, mashed potatoes, or spread on bread.
  • Recipe Variations: Experiment with adding herbs for a fragrant twist!
  • Roasting Multiple Bulbs: Consider roasting multiple bulbs at once!