Name: Roasted Garlic Oil and Roasted Garlic
Yield: Makes 2 2/3 cups garlic oil and 1/2 cup garlic mash
Ingredients: 3 large heads garlic, cut horizontally in half; 3 cups pure olive oil; 4 sprigs thyme; 1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns, toasted

Few foods metamorphose as dramatically or alluringly as garlic when it is roasted. Hardly a savory recipe exists in which one could not imagine this substance. I always have these garlic preparations on hand.

This recipe is a component of Fish in Foil with Sweet Onions, Tomatoes, and Mojo Verde and Grill-Roasted Rack of Lamb in Red Mole .

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