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Home » Type » Sauces and Condiments » Roasted Garlic Spread

Roasted Garlic Spread

February 7, 2014 by Faith 30 Comments

Roasted Garlic Spread

When people talk about the decadence of eating something off a spoon, I doubt they had this spread in mind. But they should.

Yes, it’s just garlic (with a little olive oil and a touch of sea salt), but it’s so not just garlic.

It’s sweet, nutty, and mellow, and spreadably creamy with the consistency of room temperature butter. Slathered on fresh bread, it definitely gives butter a run for its money. (I know, that’s a bold claim…try it and see though!)

Roasted Garlic Salad Dressing with Cobb Salad

The Roasted Garlic Salad Dressing recipe is here!

It’s also amazing tossed with hot pasta, fresh spinach, shaved Parmesan cheese, and a drizzle of olive oil; spread on a turkey sandwich or wrap in place of mayo or mustard; used as a condiment for burgers, grilled steak, or pan-seared chicken; or made into salad dressing that will make you want to eat salad for every meal of every day for the rest of your life.

Or, you know, it’s also pretty perfect eaten off a spoon. :)

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Roasted Garlic Spread
Prep time:  5 mins
Cook time:  45 mins
Total time:  50 mins
Yield: About ¾ cup of whole garlic cloves, or about ½ cup of garlic spread
 
Ingredients
  • 4 whole garlic bulbs (about 6-8 oz/170-225 g total), unpeeled
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. Slice the top ¼-inch off of each head of garlic, leaving the bulbs intact.
  3. Place the garlic bulbs cut-side-up on a large piece of foil; drizzle the oil on each bulb, and sprinkle with sea salt.
  4. Tightly wrap the bulbs in the foil, and bake until the garlic is completely soft and light caramel in color, about 45 minutes.
  5. Cool to room temperature, and then remove the garlic from the peel. You can either peel away the garlic paper to keep the cloves whole, or you can push the cloves out like toothpaste by squeezing up from the bottom.
  6. To make the roasted garlic into spread, just mash the cloves together with a fork.
  7. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Low Carb and Keto, Paleo, Sauces and Condiments Tagged: Garlic, Healthy Condiments, How to Roast Garlic, Recipes, Roasted Garlic, Spreads

Comments

  1. Marianne says

    October 31, 2019 at 4:08 pm

    Can this be frozen?

    Reply
    • Faith says

      November 7, 2019 at 6:45 am

      Marianne, Yes, this freezes very well!

      Reply
  2. Dianne Reece says

    July 19, 2019 at 1:58 pm

    Please how to make Garlic Spread into salad dressing ? Thanks.

    Reply
    • Faith says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:24 am

      Dianne, Here’s my recipe for Roasted Garlic Salad Dressing. I hope you enjoy it if you give it a try!

      Reply
  3. Lorna webster says

    July 1, 2017 at 7:02 am

    Hi,

    I’m a little confused about the meaning of tightly wrapping the bulbs in foil? Like take all of them and wrap them up in a big foil ball. I feel dense, but I know I’m missing something pivotal, thanks!

    Reply
    • Faith says

      July 6, 2017 at 8:58 am

      Lorna, Yes, basically tightly wrap the garlic in a piece of foil so it looks like a foil ball. If it’s not tightly wrapped, place it on a baking sheet so you don’t have oil dripping into the oven. This is delicious, hope you enjoy the recipe!

      Reply
      • Lorna webster says

        July 10, 2017 at 3:06 pm

        Thank you so much, we were able to make it!

        Reply
        • Faith says

          July 11, 2017 at 7:32 pm

          Lorna, That’s great, I hope you enjoyed it!!

          Reply
  4. Sharon says

    May 4, 2017 at 9:42 am

    I’m interested in knowing how to make this spread into a salad dressing…could you post a recipe for that?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Faith says

      May 8, 2017 at 8:54 am

      Sharon, Here’s my recipe for Roasted Garlic Salad Dressing: https://www.anediblemosaic.com/roasted-garlic-salad-dressing/. Enjoy!

      Reply
  5. Wanda White says

    November 2, 2016 at 7:36 am

    My 91 year old father grows my garlic and it is the best. I roast it and make garlic butter by using a cookie scoop after I mix the roasted garlic and butter, freezing it on glad wrap and then bag it up in the freezer. I pop it out when I want it. I also peel it and just roast the pieces freezing them also. It is nice to have it on hand instead of having to roast it when I need it!
    I never thought of using it as a fresh spread on sandwiches. Thank you!

    Reply
  6. ATasteOfMadness says

    February 10, 2014 at 2:12 am

    I am a garlic fanatic!! This looks perfect!

    Reply
  7. Jeanette | Jeanette's Healthy Living says

    February 9, 2014 at 8:15 pm

    I could eat this by the spoonful Faith!

    Reply
  8. Sondi says

    February 9, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    Roasted garlic is the greatest. It hasn’t occurred to me to eat it straight up with a spoon, but I just might have to try that!

    Reply
  9. Emily @ Life on Food says

    February 8, 2014 at 7:07 pm

    Tomorrow’s kitchen project. Yum!

    Reply
  10. Katie says

    February 8, 2014 at 7:48 am

    Sounds yummy and much less fattening than the homemade peanut butter that I’ve been eating off the spoon! However, it is homemade, so that makes it okay, right?
    http://lifewiththecrew.typepad.com/my-blog/2014/02/to-make-or-not-to-make-peanut-butter-from-scratch.html

    Reply
  11. Laura (Tutti Dolci) says

    February 7, 2014 at 8:20 pm

    I love roasted garlic, this would be so good on fresh bread!

    Reply
  12. Devz | The Savorist says

    February 7, 2014 at 7:31 pm

    As a lover of all things garlic, I couldn’t be happier to have stumbled across your blog! :)

    Reply
  13. the Burtons says

    February 7, 2014 at 2:15 pm

    LOL . . . the simplicity of this roasted garlic spread is awesome!! We’ve made roasted garlic for many dishes . . . some how I’ve never thought to do a whole jar of it!!! My son has eaten cloves of fresh & spoons full of jarred garlic since he was a wee li’l one . . . I will have to make him bowls of this for dinner now. . . great he may never marry now!!!! Or he’ll have to find another garlicphile!!!! BRILLANT!! thanks so much for this!!!

    Reply
  14. Erica says

    February 7, 2014 at 9:23 am

    Gah! I love garlic!!! This sounds amazing

    Reply
  15. Mariam says

    February 7, 2014 at 7:37 am

    Can you please make a post about your favorite places to eat at in Kuwait?

    I stumbled upon your banana coffee loaf cake (which is currently baking) and have been reading your posts all day, only to discover that we live in the same country, haha!

    Reply
    • Faith says

      February 9, 2014 at 4:42 pm

      Mariam, How funny…it’s such a small world, isn’t it?! Growing up in NY, I never would have thought that at some point I’d end up living in Kuwait. :) Yes, I have actually been working on putting together a list of my favorite places to eat here and I’m hoping to have it up within the next two months. :)

      Reply
  16. Jess @ Keeping It Real Food says

    February 7, 2014 at 7:17 am

    Oh wow, this is wonderful. I can easily eat a whole head of roasted garlic by myself, so this is right up my alley.

    Reply
  17. Joanne says

    February 7, 2014 at 6:49 am

    I could see myself just standing in front of the fridge door, having “just one more spoonful” of this! Definitely not JUST garlic spread.

    Reply
  18. Rosa says

    February 7, 2014 at 5:49 am

    Exquisite! A great idea.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply

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