Roasted Garlic Paste

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

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

Recipe

• 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.