Roasted Garlic

Easy oven roasted garlic recipe using parchment paper. Roasted garlic is the perfect addition to vegetables, soups, braises, or stews.

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We have been on a roasting tear at the Peel house lately.  You can check our most recent slow roasted tomatoes here.  If you find raw garlic too harsh or simply don’t like chopping garlic then roasted garlic is for you. Roasting the garlic removes the spiciness allowing the sweetness to shine. And the softened cloves are spreadable to no chopping needed.

What You Need to Roast Garlic

No special ingredients needed!  Just a head of garlic and few  basic kitchen tools including

• 2 heads of garlic
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• kosher salt
• parchment paper
• butchers twine

We prefer parchment paper because a very juicy garlic head may stick to foil due to the sugars. We find it comes off cleaner from parchment paper. You can absolutely use foil or even a clay garlic roaster.

How to Roast Garlic

Roasting garlic is a very easy hands-off recipe. The key to soft garlic cloves is trimming off the tops to allow the steam to escape.  Here are the basic instructions

1. Remove any loose outer skins from garlic heads. Slice off just the top of each head of garlic to expose the tops of the cloves inside.
2.  Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt. Wrap in the foil or parchment paper, securing with kitchen twine.
3. Roast until at 400 F degrees until they are lightly browned and tender, about 30 minutes.

Note: it may take up to 40 minutes depending on the size of the garlic bulb.  I prefer to make up to a dozen heads at a time and freeze the roasted garlic puree in ice cube trays.

How to Store Roasted Garlic

Whole roasted garlic can be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for several days, up to a week. Individual cloves can be removed from the paper head and stored in a small glass container and covered with a good quality olive oil.

Roasted garlic, the full head or individual cloves can be kept in the freezer for several months. To make removing individual frozen cloves easier we recommend freezing them on a sheet pan separately before transferring them to an airtight container.

Alternatively, you can puree the roasted garlic cloves and freeze small amounts in an ice cube tray before transferring to an airtight container.  This is my favorite!

Do not keep roasted garlic out on the counter for long periods of time.

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Print Recipe

Easy Oven Roasted Garlic

Roasted garlic is an easy trick to jazz up any dish!

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time35 mins

Course: Kitchen Basics

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: garlic in parchment, how to roast garlic, oven roasted garlic, roasted garlic recipe

Ingredients

• 2 heads of garlic
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• kosher salt
• parchment paper or foil

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 F degrees. 
  
• Remove any loose outer skins from garlic heads. Slice 1/4 to 1.3 inch off the top of the garlic head to expose the cloves inside.
•  Drizzle the tops of the bulbs with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt. Wrap in the foil or parchment paper secured with kitchen twine. 
  
• Roast until the garlic cloves are lightly browned and tender, about 30 minutes. But it may take up to 40 minutes depending on the size of the garlic.
  

Notes

• Garlic can be roasted without foil or parchment in a clay garlic roaster like this one here.
• AIP compliant.