Roasted Garlic

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Roasted Garlic

Recipe By : Jay McCarthy, Kitchen Garden Oct-Nov 1996
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :1:15
Categories : Appetizers Appetizers & Dips
Condiments Cooking Ingredients
Side Dishes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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9 bulbs fresh garlic
4 cups kosher salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place 1/8 inch of the salt in the bottom of an 8x
8x2-inch baking dish. Put the garlic bulbs on top of the salt. then fill the
dish with salt until only the tips of the bulbs are showing.

Heat the dish in the oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. When the garlic is done, t
he tips will ooze a little oil. Remove the dish from the oven and let it cool
for about 15 minutes. Remove the bulbs from the salt, cut them in half horizon
tally, and squeeze the paste from the lcoves.

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NOTES : Save the skins and use them to flavor vegetable stock. Use the salt as
garlic salt, or reuse 2-3 times to roast more garlic. (Eventually the garlic
oils in the salt burn and spoil the salt's flavor.)