Smoke Roasted Garlic

Posted by BBQ Resources at 6/15/2009 2:40 PM
Categories: Smoked BBQ

Roast Garlic, it's Smoking



One ingredient that is pretty much essential in our house is roasted garlic.  Generally, the idea is to cut off the top of a whole garlic head to expose the cloves inside, drizzle with olive oil, season w/salt and pepper then wrap in foil and roast in an oven or grill. The results is a soft, sweet, pulpy paste that can add layers of flavour to many dishes.  The roasting takes away any bitter or harsh edge the garlic has and caramelizes the natural sugars within, to the point where I've even gone to a garlic-themed restaurant that served Roasted Garlic Ice Cream; it can get that sweet and caramelized!

Anyway, this ingredient and this method has served me for many years.  However, as all cooks do, I thought, "How can I take this up another level?  What about getting some smoke in there while it's roasting?  A little hard to do when it's wrapped in foil, but now, thanks to our friends at Smokinlicious, here's a thought for your next batch of roasted garlic.....

Lay the sheered-top whole heads of garlic on little 'rafts' of Smokinlicious woodscuits (I used the apple infused), which are then placed atop a foot long strip of aluminum foil.  Set on a hot grill and tent the foil up around the garlic.  Running at 350°F on the Egg, the garlic smoke-roasted for an hour and came out soft, tender and well infused with the smoke wood.

Here they are about halfway through the process; just starting to caramelize at the edges and getting a bit of smoke colouring.



Now an essential ingredient in the kitchen has a new little twist, thanks to the 'garlic roasting raft' approach inspired by the Smokinlicious woodscuits.
Qfan
 

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