Mike's Roasted Elephant Garlic
Mike's Roasted Elephant Garlic

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Great recipe for Mike's Roasted Elephant Garlic. These directions will work with regular heads of garlic as well. It doesn't have the "punch" that's needed in an aioli, a classic risotto or an Asian stirfry.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook mike's roasted elephant garlic using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mike's Roasted Elephant Garlic:
  1. Make ready Roasted Elephant Garlic
  2. Get 2 head Elephant Garlic
  3. Prepare 1 Bottle Garlic Infused Olive Oil Or EVOO
  4. Prepare 1 tsp Sea Salt
  5. Make ready 1 Roll Tinfoil
  6. Make ready Options
  7. Make ready 1 dash Dried Rosemary & Thyme

When roasted, elephant garlic is so smooth and mild, you can use as a spread with good crusty bread. Roasting garlic is so easy and so tasty, it makes a simple yet impressive appetizer. I love the way it smells as it is cooking especially on a cold wet day. Chili Soup with Mashed Potato Cakes.

Steps to make Mike's Roasted Elephant Garlic:
  1. Preheat your oven to 425° and place a cookie sheet inside while oven is heating.
  2. Lightly wipe off loose husks from the bulbs and place in Tinfoil.
  3. Do not cut the tops off your bulbs as some do with smaller heads of garlic.
  4. Double wrap your Elephant Garlic in Tinfoil but don't seal the top.
  5. At the top of your tinfoil, pour in 1/4 cup of regular olive oil or garlic infused but do not overfill. Add to that 1/2 tsp sea salt and a sprinkle of dried Rosemary and Thyme if you'd like. They both pair well with garlic.
  6. Seal the tinfoil top and place on the heated cookie sheet already in your oven.
  7. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 425°.
  8. When bulbs have slightly cooled, pull the garlic meat and discard its outer shells.
  9. You can use roasted garlic for many dishes. One of the most common is for garlic bread.
  10. Smash your de-shelled garlic with a fork and add a splash of the leftover olive oil from your tinfoil and a splash of balsamic vinegar and mix. Add a bit more sea salt to taste. Smear blend on fresh, crispy bread.
  11. Or, you can mix smashed garlic in real, softened butter and mimic the directions listed above.
  12. If you're looking for additional ideas, feel free to look up some of my garlic recipes on this site. Or, know there are countless quality garlic recipes by other Chefs here on allthecooks!

I rarely measure ingredients unless I am baking. Once roasted it can be simply spread on bread, served as a side to barbecued or roasted meats or added to sauces and soups. To roast elephant garlic simply: Cut a whole bulb in half horizontally. Arrange on a baking tray, drizzle the exposed cloves with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Put the halves of the bulb back together and wrap loosely in foil.

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