Victoria Amory‘s technique for making roasted garlic is a little unusual. You can see how I normally make roasted garlic here. Victoria spreads garlic cloves on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, then covers with foil and bakes at 300F for 15-20 minutes. She uses absolutely zero oil! Then she carefully places them in a bowl, covers with olive oil and adds some chopped rosemary and peppercorns. Let the garlic cool and flavour the oil. I am not entirely sure how this qualifies as a dip but I did use it in her recipe for bok choy:
You use the garlic oil to saute bok choy. It was pretty good but a little too subtle for me.
I put the leftover marinade in my mini chopper, added some sundried tomatoes and a little balsamic vinegar. I whizzed it up into a pesto, roasted another giant portobello mushroom with some of the pesto on it in a 350F oven for 15 minutes. I added more pesto and some toppings and put it under the broiler…
… and created another low carb giant portobello mushroom pizza. Tangy and fabulous, this was the perfect application for this recipe. I also used the pesto on pasta for a side dish, wonderful!
I have always wanted to create my own oils and Victoria has shown me just how easy it can be and all the things you can do with them.
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It does look yummy.
Love rasted garlic squished on torn chunks of French baguette:)
I’m intrigued by your first photo — did you photograph the bowl outside on a table that had just been rained on? Love that water dappled effect!
It’s true, is there anything better than roasted garlic?
Debra, it was a dark and rainy day so taking photos inside was impossible so I went outside and the table was covered in those droplets but I loved the effect so I left them alone. Thanks for asking! I was hoping others would like that look too. 🙂
That’s an interesting way to make roasted garlic, the cloves floating in the oil and spices looks so pretty and appetizing. Great way to use it in the pesto as well, must have been super tasty.
I have a small addiction to roasted garlic. I want to use it nearly everything.
Another trick with whole garlic is to poach them in olive oil in the oven (375 F) for 45 mins. or until they float. Voila, whole ‘roasted’ garlic and garlic infused oil. Victoria’s looks a whole lot prettier though. My version is more fool proof
Wow no oil required! What an interesting method, I think I may have to check out more of Victoria’s recipes. That pizza you made looks positively divine!
This is a clever idea. No oil in the roasting, but plenty in the end. Very interesting.
And I wanted to let you know that I mentioned this idea in my weekly links round-up. It’s such a clever thing to make with the oven when it’s already on. Thanks for the idea!