Roasted Garlic

Roasting garlic mellows its pungency and produces a delicious sweet flavor. Serve roasted garlic warm as a spread, or use in other recipes. Increase the recipe size as needed.

Ingredients

• 1 large bulb garlic

• 1/4 tsp. or 1 tbs. olive oil (see Method)

• 1 tsp. butter, optional

• 1/8 tsp. dried basil

• 1/8 tsp. dried thyme

• freshly ground pepper to taste

This recipe was excerptedfrom The Garlic Cookbook, © 2000. Reprinted with permission from the publisher: Bristol Publishing Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 1737, San Leandro, California, 94577. 

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David DiResta gives cooking demonstrations in the Boston area, works as a catering and retail consultant, and keeps up with current cooking and kitchenware trends. His other books (many coauthored with his wife Joanne) include Cooking with Parchment Paper, The Toaster Oven Cookbook, Sautés, and Oven and Rotisserie Roasting.