You can roast garlic in 30 minutes or less with an electric roaster.
Roasted garlic can be a healthy and delicious additive to many meals. Its smooth texture and mild, sweet taste work for dips, spreads, soups, pastas and sauces. It is even yummy when eaten alone. Although garlic is traditionally roasted in the oven, you can save time and energy by using an electric garlic roaster. This small, self-contained roasting oven is shaped like a bulb of garlic. It features a nonstick removable roasting cup into which garlic bulbs are placed directly to roast. This appliance plugs right in to your kitchen outlet, and allows you to cook up to three bulbs of garlic in 30 minutes or less.
Instructions
1. Cut off the tops of as many as three garlic bulbs, exposing the cloves. Remove any loose pieces of skin from the bulbs, but do not remove the entire outer shell. This keeps the cloves intact for cooking.
2. Pour 1 tbsp. of olive oil per bulb into the roasting cup and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Place the bulbs cut-side down into the roasting cup. This allows the cloves to absorb the flavor of the olive oil and spices as they cook.
3. Check that the roaster is plugged in to an electrical outlet. Close the lid and turn the roaster switch to the "on" position. The roaster will automatically turn off when it is done roasting.
4. When the cooking light turns off, open the lid and wait one to two minutes for the garlic to cool off. Remove the bulbs from the roaster and set them on a plate. Pull the cooked garlic cloves out of the skin of the bulbs. Enjoy them alone, or add them to your favorite dish.
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