How to roast garlic

By Anna Glover

Keen to find out how to roast garlic? Once roasted, garlic becomes sweet and soft – perfect for soups, sauces and dips

Prep:2 mins
Cook:20 mins
Serves 1 whole garlic
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 16
fat 1g
saturates 0g
carbs 2g
sugars 0.2g
fibre 1g
protein 1g
salt 0g

Ingredients

1 garlic bulb
1 tsp olive oil

Tip

How to use roast garlic
Stir roast garlic into pasta sauces, blend into soups like cauliflower or tomato, or use in cream sauces for chicken or pork. Roast garlic is great in dips, or even salad dressings, and works really well blended into hummus for added sweetness.

Method

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cut the top off the garlic bulb, exposing the tops of the garlic cloves. Put on a small square of foil, and rub with the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Scrunch up the foil to seal in the bulb.
Roast for 25-30 mins until soft when pressed, and the papery casing is light golden. Leave to cool for a few minutes before squeezing the soft roasted garlic out of their shells. Alternatively, take off all the papery casing and remove the cloves individually.

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