roasted garlic

in this instructable i will show you how easy it is to roast garlic and therefore release the milder and sweeter potential locked within it's potent cloves.

before we begin you will need:
-a head or a bunch of loose cloves of garlic
-olive oil (you can use another kind of oil, but i like olive. it's healthy, too!)
-aluminum foil
-an oven

if you have all of these things then click on the next step.
(you can still click if you don't, you just may not be able to complete this project)

Step 1: Get to peelin'

first peel off the outer paper layers while keeping the cloves attached.

an alternate method involves removing the cloves from the root structure and peeling them. either way will work and i will describe both.

Comments

[mdeshpande]

Nice article . You can also try out Garlic Crispies .
To know more about Garlic Crispies . Visit : http://justforhearts.org/garlic-crispies/

[explosivemaker]

mmm

http://www.instructables.com/id/Roasted_garlic/?ALLSTEPS#step0

[pdub77]

i posted this before i saw hers. it's better than mine. alas, i'll have to wait (again) for another round of burning questions to get a t-shirt. i have a patch, but would kill for a shirt. =)

[shesparticular]

Hey pdub, thanks - personally I think yours is really good. I was wondering about the peeling off the skin bit though, since I've never done that when roasting garlic (also never separated the cloves) - is there a reason you do it that way?

[pdub77]

i do it that way in order to make it easier to separate the cloves afterward. squashing the whole thing into a yummy garlic paste is definitely a good way to go, but eating a whole clove of roasted garlic is pretty amazing! goes great on an antipasto plate.

your instructable is pretty fantastic, btw. i am impressed and humbled. =)

[shesparticular]

I'll have to try that - I'd thought it would lead to drying out some. And thanks, that's really nice of you.

[pdub77]

it works great. a bit of olive oil keeps it from drying out before it fully roasts. you can see what happens to cloves without enough oil in my instructable. for the record, you are a very lovely and intelligent (i've viewed your other instructables as well) woman. your bra sizing instructable was informative and delivered with much class. it would be a pleasure to 'lose' to you. take care and i can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.

[pdub77]

btw, when you win, can you send me the t-shirt? just kidding. ; )

[shesparticular]

That's really sweet of you, thanks (I do tend to agree). About the shirt, I'd consider it I think - the one I have is basically a dress even though it's a medium. :)

[pdub77]

i was really kidding, but i wouldn't turn you down. take care.