Ingredients

Serves 4

• 4 bulbs (yes bulbs, not cloves!) of garlic
• Tin foil
• Deep baking dish with 1 inch water

Method

1. Remove the outer papery skin from the bulbs, to expose the cloves inside.
   
   
2. Put the bulbs on a layer of tin foil and bring the edges up to loosely cover the bulbs.
   
   
3. Put the garlic and foil package onto a roasting dish with about 1 inch of water.
   
   
4. Slow bake at 150 - 180 degrees C (depends what else is in the oven).
   
   
5. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, until the garlic cloves are soft.
   
   
6. Allow to cool until warm, rather than hot. Then you can either:
   
   Detach the cloves and gently squeeze out the garlic puree for use in another dish.
   
   Or:
   
   Serve a whole bulb with toast for people to squeeze their own garlic, as a delicious starter.
   

Time From Cupboard-To-Table

Notes & Variations on Roasted Garlic

This is a great one to make whenever you're running the oven for something else.

The flavour is mild, so you can eat a lot of garlic without getting indigestion or worrying about your conversation-partner passing out.

If you want to use garlic in, say, a salad dressing, this is a great way to prepare it, because the flavour is much less pungent and more delicate.

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