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Oven-roasted garlic and oil

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Oven
190 °C190 °C (375 °F)

Ingredients

  • garlic cloves, peeled (last time she used 5 large heads)
  • good oil (e.g. olive oil) (enough to cover)

Method

  1. Arrange peeled garlic cloves in an ovenproof dish.
  2. Pour over good oil until the cloves are covered.
  3. Cover the dish with foil.
  4. Bake at 190°C for 40–50 minutes on the bottom shelf.Bake at 375 °F for 40–50 minutes on the bottom shelf.
  5. Blend the cloves with the oil and freeze in ice-cube trays.

Notes

  • Last time I used 5 large heads of garlic and put all the cloves in the dish.
  • Keep garlic in oil frozen, or for no more than a few days in the fridge, never at room temperature (risk of botulism).

As she wrote it

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* Hvítlaukur (í ofni) + olía
Raða hvítlauksgeirum í eldfast mót, hella góðri olíu yfir svo hún fljóti yfir. Álpappír yfir. 190°C í 40-50 min. mest neðstu rim. (Síðast notaði ég 5 stóra og setti alla geir. í mótið. Nota svo olíu + mix. geir. + olíu! → og frysti í Klakamót