Name: Roasted Garlic - How to Roast Garlic
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 6 whole heads of garlic; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 Tablespoons olive oil; 1 cup olive oil

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This simple fool proof tip to roasted garlic will elevate your dishes to another level. I’ve made a video step by step how to roast garlic and best ways to use it.

I’ve been wanting to share more and more simple ideas and how to’s like this roasted garlic. It’s like digging down to the basics of deep rich flavors without fussing on fancy techniques.

ROASTED GARLIC

The best way to describe roasted garlic is to think of sweet garlic flavor. Ironically it doesn’t taste like sautéed garlic, it tastes rather like a caramelized garlic.

Other than the taste, roasted garlic has an unbeatable texture. Once roasted, it comes out of the shell, soft and melt in your mouth.

Now I won’t say you can’t directly eat it out of the shell, however I’ll say that I prefer addling it to my recipes more.

How to Store Roasted Garlic?

Simply squeeze the bulbs out of the shell into a mason jar or container and add in olive oil. Keep it at room temperature for 6 months (if it can last that long!).

So before I go into my favorite ways to use this garlic, I’ll share the video for how to make it first!

HOW TO ROAST GARLIC

First of all, start by scrubbing off the outer layers of the garlic bulb. Leave the bulb intact however, be careful about scrubbing off too much.

Take a sharp knife and cut off the top only of the garlic bulb, but again leave the cloves intact as best as you can.

Don’t stress however if the cloves start to come apart. Once the roasted garlic cloves come out of the oven, they’ll still taste delicious! It’s just easier to handle them when they’re a whole bulb.

Place the cut off garlic heads over aluminum foil. Use ChicWrap Aluminum foil for heavy duty, chef quality foil.

Sprinkle salt over the cut off garlic bulbs and drizzle with olive oil. Cover the entire heads of garlic with the aluminum foil.

Place the pan in the oven and roast for 30-40 minutes until the garlic cloves have softened up.

You’ll probably be peeking in and out of the foil to check on them, and that’s totally OK—because who can resist the smell of roasted garlic 🙂

To be honest actually, your home will smell incredibly delicious and comforting!

Once ready, uncover the garlic heads and let them cool enough for you to handle.

Now squeeze the roasted garlic out of their shells by simply squeezing them. They come out melt in your mouth, sweet with a rich garlic taste that’s not pungent at all.

I love storing them in a sealable container (or mason jar) and adding enough olive oil to cover them. This way they can keep at room temperature.

PS-another bonus here is the roast garlic olive oil you’ll have in the roasted garlic jar. That oil is pure lush! Toss it with pasta and top that with parmesan cheese, and you’ve got a pasta plate like no other!

HOW TO USE ROASTED GARLIC

Seriously. Practically. Everything.

Here are just some of my favorite ways to use it, but feel free to get as creative as you want!

Garlic roasted Potatoes
Rich Garlic Aioli
Best Garlic Bread
Roasted garlic mashed potatoes
Pasta with roast garlic
Garlic Roast chicken
Garlic Butter
Roast garlic toast/crostini
Steak with roast garlic
Salad dressings
Much much more! Think of roast garlic on frittatas, veggies,BBQ, salmon, shrimp and more.

TIPS FOR ROAST GARLIC RECIPE

Use fresh garlic bulbs that are intact and hard to the touch.
If some garlic cloves come off while slicing the top of the garlic bulb, no worries, just wrap them up close together when you seal them with the foil.
Check when the garlic is done after 25 minutes and up to 40 minutes.
When done, the garlic cloves will look light golden and will feel soft to the touch when piercing them with a fork or knife.
To store the roast garlic, add olive oil to cover the top of it in a sealable container or mason jar.
Use the Roast Garlic endlessly and the olive oil you’ve stored the garlic in too!
Use ChicWrap aluminum foil for easy smooth roasting!

CHICWRAP RECIPES

ChicWrap makes reusable dispensers for parchment paper, foil and plastic wrap. They all have a slide button for easy cutting, they’re pretty enough to sit right on the counter, and the dispensers are refillable so there’s less waste. I love the quality of foil, parchment paper and plastic!

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ENJOY 🙂

A spatula scoping some roasted garlic form the jar

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