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Roasted Garlic

Use half of this recipe in the burgers and half for the grilled tomato sauce.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes about 1/2 cup

Ingredients

4 large garlic bulbs, tops cut off to expose cloves
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place the garlic, cut sides up, on a large piece of foil. Drizzle with the oil; wrap in foil. Bake until softened, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool, then squeeze the pulp from the skins into a small bowl.

The cookbook cover with a blue background and fine typeface.
Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
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