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<\/p>\nI think it’s fair to say that I have A LOT of garlic! It all came courtesy of my farm share, but I don’t mind a bit. Garlic is a great addition to almost any dish and can be expensive at the grocery store.<\/p>\n
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The variety in my garlic stash is called hardneck because of the hard stalk that holds the cloves together. It is different than the softneck variety in grocery stores, and is bred to have very large, easy to peel cloves.<\/p>\n
One of my favorite uses for garlic is Roasted Garlic Sauce. Winter is the perfect time for the long slow roasting that turns garlic into a completely different animal — soft, sweet and mellow. Once roasted, whir it up into a sauce for a super easy way to jazz up vegetables, especially winter vegetables, like Brussels sprouts, carrots, beets, kale and broccoli.<\/p>\n
In fact, you may remember last month’s article: Adventures with Brussels Sprouts . . . and the Goldilocks Problem<\/a>. Once you have a nice batch of roasted sprouts, toss it with this sauce and a little lemon juice for a real treat.<\/p>\n Step 1: Roast the Garlic<\/span><\/p>\n Preheat oven to 325 (F). Rinse garlic heads to remove dirt, if any. Place in a small baking dish with a lid. Rub with olive oil to coat. Cover, place in oven on a middle rack and bake until tender, which will take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour or more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cloves are done when they squish in as you gently press them.<\/p>\n Step 2: Remove the Roasted Garlic Cloves<\/span><\/p>\n Once garlic has cooled enough to handle, use a serrated knife to slice off the root end of the cloves. They should then fall out of their skins fairly easily, but if not, squeeze them out the cut end.<\/p>\n Step 3: Prepare the Sauce<\/span><\/p>\n Combine peeled cloves, oil and salt and pepper in the cup of immersion blender and blend until smooth and creamy.<\/p>\n The oil measurement is not exact and depends on how much garlic you use and how thick you want the sauce. I added oil to cover the cloves and reach the 4 oz. (1\/2 cup) mark on my blender cup. If in doubt, start small and add more as needed to make a sauce to your liking. Mine came out fairly thick which helps it better adhere to vegetables.<\/p>\n Step 4: Serving<\/span><\/p>\n Stir sauce into hot cooked vegetables and sprinkle with lemon juice, if desired.<\/p>\n Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n I think it’s fair to say that I have A LOT of garlic! It all came courtesy of my farm share, but I don’t mind a bit. Garlic is a great addition to almost any dish and can be expensive at the grocery store. The variety in my garlic stash is called hardneck because of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,20,24,12],"tags":[803],"class_list":["post-6174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-make-vegetables-taste-good","category-recipes","category-basic-healthy-cooking-techniques","category-herbs-spices","tag-how-to-roast-garlic","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6174"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6185,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6174\/revisions\/6185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Picture Recipe: Roasted Garlic Sauce
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