Roasted Garlic
Do you love garlic? Have you ever tried it roasted? This is a fabulous way to use it in any recipe because you use it just like you would a fresh garlic clove. Roasting garlic gives it a milder and sweeter taste by taking away the harshness of fresh garlic. After roasting, it will keep for a couple of weeks in the refrigerator or do like I do and freeze it in teaspoon size portions for months.
Click on the link below to see the step by step directions with pictures and a printable recipe card.
https://indianeskitchen.com/2017/11/10/roasted-garlic
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I first had roasted garlic at a Super Bowl party in 1996. I never knew garlic could taste so good on its own.
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I know right! Roasting it completely changes it’s flavor doesn’t it!
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Freezing it is a great idea. Thank you!
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You’re welcome Angela! Lay it on waxed paper in small dollops and freeze on a tray. Then remove and put the frozen dollops in a freezer bag or container. They thaw really fast.
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That’s how I used to make the baby food a zillion years ago. I will do this as soon as the fresh local garlic is available.
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I put my baby food in ice cube trays and froze it…..lol
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I love roasted garlic and always have it packed in oil and waiting in the fridge
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I have never kept it in oil in the refrigerator I need to try that!
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It keeps quite well for a week
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Hey, this was new for me. I never tried it, roasted/
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You have to try it. Even if you just roast one bulb. It changes the way the garlic taste…for the better!
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Oooh, I surely will.
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Thanks for sharing, very interesting to learn these facts about garlic.
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You’re so welcome!
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Only ever use confit garlic in recipes as I don’t like the taste of raw garlic. I confit en masse and store in olive oil in fridge so I always have some to hand.
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Hi Sheree! I’m with you, I don’t like raw garlic either. But roasted….yes!
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This looks so yummy and tasty.
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Thank you Sumit!
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A staple in our home cooking.
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Absolutely the best! Garlic makes everything taste great!
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Thanks for the tip. I love roasted garlic. But then I love garlic anyway it can be fixed.
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You’re welcome! I love to roast it and freeze it to use in my recipes. I think the roasted is so much better than just using a fresh clove. Have a great weekend!
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Cool! I didn’t know you could freeze it. God to know. Thank you. I love roasted garlic better than regular garlic too.
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I just made a recipe with roasted garlic for the first time recently and couldn’t believe I hadn’t been doing that more often. Just so good! Thanks for the idea on this one too!
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You’re welcome! Roasting garlic transforms it into such a better flavor!
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Garlic is one of my favorite foods. It’s just always the right answer, isn’t it?!
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Yes and SO good for you!
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I have roasted garlic in this manner for years. I love making garlic toast with roasted garlic, or mashing in to a baked potato with oilive oil and sea salt.
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It tastes so much better roasted! Great ideas for using it too….thank you David!
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Good for Winter!
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I like to freeze them and use with any recipe that calls for a clove. I freeze them in tsp dollops.
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That’s a good idea Diane – handy that way. Garlic is good for warding off germs … no colds or flu at your house. There is a fellow blogger from Michigan, we follow each other and she grows garlic. Her and her husband have a small farm and they just put up a new barn last Summer and harvested their garlic in there. I think Ruth said that they sell it in produce markets too.
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We grew it one year but there was so much we couldn’t use it all. I didn’t know about roasting and freezing then! Good for them!
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She told about the whole process after harvesting it – it was interesting.
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That’s quite a nice idea 👍
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Thank you Jyo! Have a great weekend!
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Wonderful share! Thanks.
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Thank you for always making nice comments Megala!
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Oooooh…. interesting. The only thing is is that I don’t like garlic on its own, which is why I usually put it in pastas. But this gives me an idea, what if I put the roasted garlic in my pasta… but since it will be really crispy, I might be able to crumble it into a powder… ooo… I gotta try this now. 😛
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I don’t care for fresh garlic either. Roasting it gives it a mellow yet sweet taste that still will enhance your pasta. It is not crispy at all when it is roasted. If will be soft and able to mush up with a fork. That is the reason I like to roast it and freeze it.
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Thanks for reblogging this! ❤
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Hey, this would be yummie mixed into your taco potato when first fluffing up the soft potato inside it’s jacket.
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Aren’t you the clever one!!! Fantastic idea!
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Reblogged this on Crackling Pork Rinds.
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Thank you SO much for reblogging! ❤
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That’s healthy and unique recipe..
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Thank you it is so much better roasted.
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This is so ironic that I’m seeing this right now!! This morning we went to breakfast at a place that served whole roasted garlic with potatoes, and I was wondering how they did it!!! So excited to try this sometime myself. Thank you always for the amazing recipes!
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That is so funny Mackenzie! You won’t believe how easy it is to do. You’re welcome!
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Great tip! BTW, didn’t end up making the lemon bars this past weekend. But I did make pumpkin pie ALL from scratch, and it turned out well! Slightly over crisped the crust, but some members of my family like it that way. Phew! 🙂
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Now that’s something I never did! I always buy pumpkin from a can but some day I will roast my own I hear it tastes amazing! Nice job! I am going to make those lemon bars some day. When I do I will post it and hope it turns out..lol
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Of course it will turn out! You’re Diane! Of indianeskitchen, for goodness sake! 🙂
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Hahahaha you crack me up. I have failures like everybody else I just don’t admit to them! 😂🤣😂🤣
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In which case, I’ll only hear about the perfect lemon bars, even it they happened on the third try. (Though I doubt it.)
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Hear about I’m hoping to see pictures! 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋
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I have to try this!
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It is fun when it comes out of the oven and you squeeze the garlic out of the papery part.
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