Perfectly Delicious Roasted Garlic
Garlic is part of the shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion family. It is a common seasoning worldwide with a history of several thousand years being in recipes that span all cuisines! No pasta sauce is complete without a generous dose of garlic and of course no steak dinner should be without Garlic Butter! Simple roasted garlic eliminates the harsh bite of raw garlic making is sweet and flavorful. How Much is a Clove of Garlic? Garlic is most often sold in a bulb (also referred to as a head of garlic). The bulb is made up of several cloves. How Many Cloves in a Head of Garlic? The size and variety of a head of garlic can determine how many cloves are in it, (usually about 12-18 cloves per ‘head’ of garlic). How to Choose Garlic for Roasting: Cooking garlic is easy when you get past the papery skin. Look for heads of garlic that are heavy and full and intact and be sure to avoid heads that are damp or shriveled!
How to Roast Garlic
Roasted garlic cloves can be used in so many amazing ways! Lots of garlic recipes call for roasted garlic because roasting garlic makes the cloves soft and the flavor mild and sweet. Cool to use or cook up several heads at once (it freezes well and can be added to recipes right from frozen). Once soft, squeeze out the cloves of garlic and mash to use in recipes. Mix into a caesar dressing, Italian dressing, or simply spread on a crusty baguette! All the garlic flavor without the bitter garlic bite! © SpendWithPennies.com. Content and photographs are copyright protected. Sharing of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to any social media is strictly prohibited. Please view my photo use policy here.
