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June 3, 2013 By Nicole Harris 16 Comments

How To Roast Garlic

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Knowing How To Roast Garlic is a necessity for any home cook, especially if you like bold complex flavors. Perfectly Roasted Garlic is easy to achieve and makes a big difference in your cooking.

close up of roasted head of garlic with top cut off, photo text: perfectly roasted garlic

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Perfectly Roasted Garlic At Home

 Roasting your own fresh garlic is beyond easy.  If you can use a knife and an oven you are good to go!  Or if you want an even easier method skip to the bottom of this post.

The amazing flavor that roasted garlic will bring to your recipes is most definitely worth the minimal effort.  Once roasted the sharp overpowering flavor of raw garlic is replaced by a sweet, mellow and buttery quality.

Ingredients Needed For Roasted Garlic (screenshot for grocery list)

  • Garlic
  • Olive Oil
  • Salt/Pepper, optional

How To Make Roasted Garlic

  1. Preheat oven to 375°
  2. Remove some of the loose papery outer skin.
  3. Cut off the garlic top exposing the inner cloves.
  4. Wrap the garlic in foil and place in an oven safe ramekin or baking dish.
  5. Drizzle 1-2 Tablespoons of olive oil over each head of garlic and seal the foil over the top.
  6. Bake garlic for about 40-45 minutes, or until the cloves are soft and golden brown.
  7. Allow garlic to cool then squeeze the garlic and the cloves will pop right out. Or use a cocktail fork to remove each clove individually. (my preferred method)

fresh garlic on round wooden cutting board next to black handled knifeRec

close up of roasted garlic cloves in white dish

How To Roast Garlic

Yield: 2
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes

Knowing How To Roast Garlic is a necessity for any home cook, especially if you like bold complex flavors. Perfectly Roasted Garlic is easy to achieve and makes a big difference in your cooking.

Ingredients

  • Garlic
  • Olive Oil
  • Salt/Pepper, optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°
  2. Remove some of the loose papery outer skin.
  3. Cut off the garlic top exposing the inner cloves.
  4. Wrap the garlic in foil and place in an oven safe ramekin or baking dish.
  5. Drizzle 1-2 Tablespoons of olive oil over each head of garlic and seal the foil over the top.
  6. Bake garlic for about 40-45 minutes, or until the cloves are soft and golden brown.
  7. Allow garlic to cool then squeeze the garlic and the cloves will pop right out. Or use a cocktail fork to remove each clove individually. (my preferred method)

Notes

Add salt and pepper with the olive oil if desired.
If roasting a large batch of garlic use a muffin pan.

Nutrition Information
Yield 8 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 16Total Fat 2gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 0mgSodium 73mgCarbohydrates 0gFiber 0gSugar 0gProtein 0g

Nutritional information on WonkyWonderful is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.

© Nicole Harris
Cuisine: American / Category: Condiments & Dips
fresh garlic with top sliced off wrapped in foil in small green ramekin

 Now enjoy your perfectly roasted garlic.  Use it in recipes whenever you would normally use raw garlic.  Heck, I have been known to spread my roasted garlic on sliced baguette! Or if you want a recipe that will really let your roasted garlic shine, check out my Artichoke and Roasted Garlic Dip.

close up of roasted garlic cloves in white dish

 If you don’t want to hassle with the cutting and the clove extracting process, here is the Extra Easy Roasted Garlic method.

Buy a package of peeled garlic cloves.  Place desired amount of cloves in an oven safe dish and thoroughly coat with olive oil.  Cover dish with foil and cook at 375° for 40-45 minutes.  Stir twice during baking to prevent the cloves from burning on the bottom.

 package of peeled garlic cloves next to white dish filled with garlic cloves
Just look at these glistening golden beauties!  Take a moment to stop and smell the stinking roses.

roasted garlic cloves in white dish

“There are five elements: earth, air, fire, water and garlic.”  – Louis Diat

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Comments

  1. Tanya says

    June 4, 2013 at

    I love love love roasted garlic too! You’ve reminded me that I don’t eat it often enough!

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    • Nicole Harris says

      June 4, 2013 at

      I go through an unbelievable amount of garlic at my house! LOVE IT!

      Reply
  2. Di {CookTheTV} says

    June 4, 2013 at

    Hi Nicole,
    Oh what a great idea–sharing not one,but two ways to roast garlic. I love it. I’ve been thinking of doing a couple of how-to’s myself. You go girl!
    Di {CookTheTV}

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    • Nicole Harris says

      June 4, 2013 at

      Hi Di! You should definitely do some How To’s!

      Reply
  3. [email protected] says

    June 4, 2013 at

    I love roasted garlic! Great DIY post on how to make it!

    Reply
    • Nicole Harris says

      June 5, 2013 at

      Thanks Jessica! I can’t get enough roasted garlic!

      Reply
  4. Maria says

    June 9, 2013 at

    This looks like the perfect way to roast garlic! I need to give this a try too! Thanks for posting!

    Reply
    • Nicole Harris says

      June 9, 2013 at

      Thanks Maria! I hope you enjoy.

      Reply
  5. Julie @ This Gal Cooks says

    June 14, 2013 at

    I LOVE roasted garlic! It’s great for so many things, especially mashed potatoes!

    Have a great weekend, Nicole!

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    • Nicole Harris says

      June 15, 2013 at

      Mmmm, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, yesiree! Thanks for stopping by, Julie. You have a great weekend as well 🙂

      Reply
  6. Pam says

    July 3, 2013 at

    I stumbled on your blog by accident, looking for a green tomato jam recipe and decided to explore it a little. Roasted garlic caught my eye as my husband is a garlic fiend. He roasts his outside on the bbq giving it a wonderful smoky flavor that makes an awesome garlic dip.

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    • Nicole Harris says

      July 5, 2013 at

      Oh yum. I bet the smoky roasted garlic is delicious! Thanks for the tip.

      Reply
  7. [email protected] says

    November 2, 2013 at

    I’ve never tried roasted garlic, but since I frequently cook it too long when I sautee it, I want to give this a try. Can you store the garlic once it is roasted, or do you have to use it right away? I don’t usually use more than three or four cloves at once.

    Thanks! Pinning.

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    • Nicole Harris says

      November 3, 2013 at

      I store my roasted garlic in the refrigerator. I use it within a week though. This is definitely a must try … Roasted Garlic will change your life 😀

      Reply
  8. julieann r says

    December 10, 2013 at

    Can you freeze or can roasted garlic to store it longer than one week?

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    • Nicole Harris says

      December 11, 2013 at

      Hi Julieann! I’ve never frozen or canned roasted garlic. But, I am fairly sure that freezing will work. As far as canning it, I’m clueless when it comes to that! Let me know if you give it a try and how it works out. Thanks 😀

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