Roasted Garlic Paste

A staple at our house, roasted garlic has uses limited only by your imagination. Roasted garlic is very mild and mellow. Flavor meats, sauces, breads, pastas, dressings and vegetables with it.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Yields: 1 cup garlic paste

Ingredients

• 1  lb garlic head
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
•  salt & freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. Remove any loose papery skins from the outside of the garlic heads; cut off the top 1/3 of the heads to open the cloves; set aside for another use; place the heads in a small baking dish, cut sides up; pour olive oil over them and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. Cover the dish tightly and bake until 3/4 done, about 45 minutes; uncover and continue to bake another 15 minutes or until the cloves begin to pop out of their skins and brown; cool.
4. Squeeze the cloves out of their skins into a bowl; add the oil from the baking dish and mix well, forming a paste.
5. Store, refrigerated, up to one week.