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Prepare the Garlic for Roasting
Tips
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Use of the Parmesan Cheese is new for me but I rather like it. Consider it optional.
Use of the Italian seasoning is also rather new for me. I like it. You may wish to experiment with other herbs and spices.
Pitfalls
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Be very careful when grilling the bread. If your grill heat is too high or if you check the bread too infrequently, you'll end up with a big batch of burnt toast
Variation Ideas
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Use this recipe without the cheese and maybe without the garlic as a base for Bruschetta
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- Type: Breads
- Category: Before Meal
- Special:
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- Yield: 20 servings
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Ready in: 45 minutes
- Difficulty: 2 ( 1 - Easy, 5 - Difficult )
- Source: Jim Beletti (jbeletti)
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- 2 broad loaves Italian bread
- 3 whole heads Garlic
- 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- coarse ground Pepper
- coarse ground Sea or Kosher Salt
- 1 tablespoon Italian Seasonings
- 1/4 cup ground Parmesan Cheese
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Prepare the Garlic for Roasting
- Remove most of the layers of paper from garlic heads, leaving the bulbs intact so you sill have a whole head
- Using a small paring knife, remove the tips of each garlic bulb
- Place garlic into a foil pan or into heavy-duty foil
- Drizzle Olive Oil onto garlic and sprinkle with salt and pepper
- Cover pan or close up foil and roast the garlic in the oven at 325 degrees F until garlic turns light brown or roast in the grill on low. When roasting on the grill, I place my garlic cooking vessel on top of an inverted foil pan to keep the garlic a couple inches up from the grate
- When the garlic is done, remove from heat and allow to cool a half hour or longer
- When cool, either squeeze the head of garlic to force/express the garlic from the bulbs or use a butter knife and remove each bulb (easier method)
- On a slight bias, slice off the end of the bread loaf, then slice the loaf on a bias into 1/2" to 3/4" slices (about 9 to 12 slices)
- Combine Olive Oil, Italian Seasonings and Parmesan Cheese in a bowl
- Using a small brush, lighting brush both sides of each bread slice with the oil mixture
- On a medium low heat grill, place all the slices of bread
- Close the grill lid and grill for a minute or two, then check each slice. When a slice has great looking grill marks and starts to get toasted, flip it over
- It will take about 10 minutes to grill/toast the each loaf
- As desired, take a certain amount of slices of toasted bread and spread the roasted garlic on one side of each, leaving a few slices without garlic for those who are not so inclined
Tips
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Use of the Parmesan Cheese is new for me but I rather like it. Consider it optional.
Use of the Italian seasoning is also rather new for me. I like it. You may wish to experiment with other herbs and spices.
Pitfalls
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Be very careful when grilling the bread. If your grill heat is too high or if you check the bread too infrequently, you'll end up with a big batch of burnt toast
Variation Ideas
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Use this recipe without the cheese and maybe without the garlic as a base for Bruschetta