There's a restaurant in Anchorage called Moose's Tooth and they specialize in pizza. All kinds of different pizza. I was the one who would go in there and order "pepperoni" and get dirty looks. However, their Chicken Bacon Ranch pizza made me swoon, and I've yet to be able to recreate it. Maybe that'd be a good weekend project...
One of their appetizers was Roasted Garlic. It came with these thick slices of brown bread and diced tomatoes. You'd stick a butter knife into the soft golden clove and it'd spread right onto the bread like warm butter. Then you'd top it with a few tomatoes and make a meal out of garlic and bread.
At some point in 2010, I started making it at our house when we lived in Eagle River, Alaska. Scott and I would eat 5 heads of garlic (and a loaf of sourdough) each week this way.
I highly recommend it.
Once you have your roasted garlic, you can do anything with it. Put it in mashed potatoes or hummus. You could easily make 10-12 bulbs for entertaining in the same amount as time as making one.
I thought a few weeks ago, "Hmmm...I should make that again." Isn't it funny how you can eat something all the time, stop eating it, and then forget about it for 3 years? Yep. It is.
I apologize for the picture quality. I didn't want to wait for the weekend to post this.
You're welcome.
(The pictures are not good. I do apologize.)
Take a whole head of garlic.
Slice the end off, just so all the cloves are cut open.
Set it on a square of foil.
Drizzle the top with olive oil.
Sprinkle it with salt.
Wrap the foil around it and put it in a baking dish.
Bake at 400 degrees for 40-50 minutes. I start checking at 40 minutes. It should be golden and gooey.
Serve with bread!
Enjoy!
