Roasted Garlic Paste

Roasting your own garlic to make roasted garlic paste is so easy and can be used in place of any recipe that calls for garlic paste, such as pasta or hummus, or spread on toast as a tasty snack.

whole garlic heads
1 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil per head
sea salt

Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C/180°C fan, Gas Mark 6).

Remove the outer skin from the garlic heads, keeping the entire thing intact.

Slice off the tops of the cloves to expose the garlic by cutting at an angle.

Place the heads of garlic on pieces of aluminum foil and drizzle with 1 Tbsp. of olive oil each.

Bunch the foil together at the top to close it up.

Place in a preheated oven for approximately 45 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow to cool; remove roasted garlic cloves with a fork and add to a bowl.

Mash with a fork until it forms a paste; add the olive oil from the foil packets that has collected on the bottom.

Season with salt, if desired.