🧄 Roasted Garlic

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Ingredients

• 1 head of garlic
• 2-3 teablespoons olive oil

Directions

1. preheat oven to 400-425F

2. peel all but the innermost paper off a whole head of garlic

   

3. use a knife to trim the top 1/4" (5mm) or so off the top of each clove (chop your knife through the top of the head instead of doing each clove individally)

   

4. place in a small oven-safe ramikin or pyrex (or wrap in aluminum foil) and drizzle a tablespoon or two of olive oil over the top

   

5. roast in the oven until the top of the garlic cloves start to brown (15-20 minutes or so). to remove the cloves, let the head cool and then squeeze out with your fingers, or use a fork to pull them out of the skin