How to Roast Garlic
How to Roast Garlic
Learning to roast garlic is something everyone should learn to do. It’s super fast & easy and the end result is delicious. Use roasted garlic in many of the same recipes you would use fresh minced garlic. Once you start roasting garlic you will wonder what has taken you so long to do so. Garlic mellows when roasted and brings out it’s natural sweetness and creaminess. Spread it on bread or vegetables, add it to pizza dough or bread dough. Everything benefits from some roasted garlic.
Elephant Garlic
White skinned elephant garlic, which isn’t a true garlic but a relative of the leek, is the most mildly flavored of all garlic. Elephant garlic is grown mainly in California and can have bulbs the size of a small grapefruit, with huge cloves averaging one ounce each. Elephant garlic can be found in the produce section of most grocery stores, located next to or near the regular garlic. Spice World is one brand of elephant garlic.
How to Roast Garlic
Ingredients
- 1 bulb
garlic - 1 sheet
aluminum foil - 2 tablespoons
olive oil - pinch of
sea salt
Cooking Directions
- With a sharp knife, cut off top of garlic bulb.
- Place on a small piece of aluminum foil.
- Drizzle with olive oil.
- Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Loosely wrap foil around garlic bulb.
- Roast in oven at 425º for 45 minutes. Roasting times may vary, due to garlic bulb size.
- Remove from oven, cool.
- When cool, mash garlic and use in your favorite recipes.
Mince Garlic Easily and Garlic Dip are two great Kitchen Tips, along with a super recipe for garlic dip.




15 Comments on “How to Roast Garlic”
Hello! Found you through Duck n a Row.
Great post. Simple, useful tip. Will use soon as I currently have a large stash of garlic staring at me.
Thanks for stopping by today~ You can freeze the roasted garlic in freezer baggies with great results~Lynn
Yum! Great pics!
Hi Lynn, this look superb. Thank for sharing, I love garlic bread.
Have a nice day, regards.
Thanks so much for stopping by Amelia~It's always good to see you:) Lynn
I could smell that lovely aroma almost from here, Lynn. x
Hi Cindy~ It does smell good while its roasting:) Thanks for dropping by today~Lynn
I love love love roasted garlic! Visiting from Memories by the Mile where I really enjoyed Wanda Ann's post about Wisconsin! Your photos were awesome and it sounds like a wonderful and diverse place, thanks for sharing!
Jenna
Hi~ Thanks so much for stopping by~ Wanda did a great post and Wisconsin is a beautiful place:) Thanks again and have a wonderful week~Lynn
great tip! the last pictures make me want to smear some of that garlic onto a fresh baguette! yum!
Hi Jagoda~ Boy! That would taste great! I think I need to go buy a fresh baguette:) Lynn
Yum! I love roasting garlic and dipping fresh bread into it. Proper garlic bread! x
Hi! The Best Garlic Bread:) Lynn
Roasted garlic is the best, I love it! It's really easy too, which is always nice 🙂
Hi Ann~ Yes, it's nice and easy to do and really makes the garlic yummy:) Lynn