Equipment

Garlic Roaster

You can easily roast garlic using a small sauce pan with a lid that can go in the oven.  It is best to use a heavier duty sauce pan with a thick bottom to reduce the risk of burning the garlic. Reduce the heat in the oven by about 25°, depending on the thickness of the pan.

Garlic roasters are a great tool.  The best ones are made of clay and have a glazed dish so that the oil won’t absorb into the clay. They’re cheap: ten or fifteen dollars at most and they also come in single bulb sizes.  The larger ones will let you roast about four heads at once. Roasted garlic keeps about a week if you put it in a tightly sealed glass container or a zipper bag.